Posts Tagged ‘Sleep’
Let There Be Light: It’s Good for Our Brains
EPFL scientists have proven that light intensity influences our cognitive performance and how alert we feel, and that these positive effects last until early evening. Tests conducted in EPFL’s Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (LESO) have confirmed the [Read More]
Scientists Redraw the Blueprint of the Body’s Biological Clock
Discovery of key link between circadian rhythms and metabolism may lead to new therapies for sleep disorders and diabetes. The discovery of a major gear in the biological clock that tells the body when to sleep and metabolize food may lead to new drugs to treat sleep [Read More]
Disruption of Biological Clocks Causes Neurodegeneration, Early Death
New research at Oregon State University provides evidence for the first time that disruption of circadian rhythms – the biological “clocks” found in many animals – can clearly cause accelerated neurodegeneration, loss of motor function and premature death. The study [Read More]
Scientists Use New Technology to Show That Interrupted Sleep Impairs Memory in Mice
With the novel use of a technique that uses light to control brain cells, Stanford University researchers have shown that fragmented sleep causes memory impairment in mice. Until recently scientists have been unable to tease out the effects on the brain of different yet [Read More]
Longdaysin Can Change Biological Clock
A compound named longdaysin can be used to control the biological clock, new research shows. Researchers were able to lengthen the biological clock of larval zebra fish over ten hours by manipulating levels of longdaysin. These new findings could help lead to better [Read More]
Hard to Catch Up on Sleep Loss Study Finds
Sleeping in on the weekends may not allow you to recover from the sleep lost during the work week according to a recent sleep study. [Read More]
Nasal Spray that Improves Memory
New research in the FASEB Journal demonstrates role of IL-6 on sleep-related consolidation of specific types of memories, particularly during late night REM sleep cycles. Good news for procrastinating students: a nasal spray developed by a team of German scientists promises [Read More]
