Sleep keeps teens on track for good mental health
Credit: Kinga Cichewicz As families settle back into a new school year, sleep experts at the University of South Australia ...
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Melatonin produced in the lungs prevents infection by novel coronavirus
The hormone acts as a barrier against SARS-CoV-2, blocking the expression of genes that encode proteins in cells serving as ...
Secrets of traumatic stress hidden in the brain are exposed
Effects of an allostatic closed-loop neurotechnology (HIRREM) on brain functional connectivity laterality in military-relatedtraumatic stressCredit: © Cereset and Wake Forrest ...
A world first in circadian clock manipulation
New method allows reversible manipulation of the circadian period using lightCredit: Issey Takahashi The Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules ...
Deep sleep takes out the trash
Waste clearance is crucial for brain health, preventing neurodegenerative diseaseCredit: Ravi Allada/Northwestern University A new Northwestern University study reaffirms the ...
How the brain paralyzes you while you sleep
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have discovered a group of neurons in the mouse brainstem that suppress ...
Which came first, sleep or the brain?
Researchers find that, despite lacking a brain, Hydra exhibit characteristics at a molecular and genetic level associated with sleep in ...
Imaging the twilight zone
General anesthesia and normal sleep affect brain in an amazingly similar way as consciousness fadesCredit: University of Turku What happens ...
The brain network driving changes in consciousness
Activity of brain network linked to changes in connectedness for both sleep and anesthesiaCredit: Scheinin et al., JNeurosci 2020 The ...
AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health
NIH BRAIN Initiative scientists used machine learning to redesign a bacterial 'Venus flytrap' protein that can monitor brain serotonin levels ...
Blood alcohol levels much lower than the legal limit impair hand-eye coordination
Credit: Credit: NASA In previous studies, eye movements and vision were only affected at blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) approaching the ...
Healthcare workers have increased insomnia, risk of severe mental health problems: COVID-19 study
Credit: University of Ottawa Researchers at the University of Ottawa have found the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Individuals with high ADHD-traits are more vulnerable to insomnia
Credit: Andreas Andersson Individuals with high ADHD-traits that do not meet the criteria for a diagnosis are less able to ...
Pandemic has severely disrupted sleep, increasing stress and medication use
COVID-19 has affected sleep for half of surveyed, with potential long-term mental health and insomnia impact worriesCredit: University of Ottawa ...