FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·August 18, 2014·3 min readResearchers Obtain Key Insights into How the Internal Body Clock is TunedResearchers discover a new way that circadian rhythm is regulated by long non-coding RNA.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·August 14, 2014·4 min readScientists Use Lasers to Control Mouse Brain SwitchboardA new optogenetics study could be a breakthrough in understanding how the TRN influences consciousness.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 13, 2014·5 min readSingle Gene Controls Jet LagResearchers report they have discovered a master gene responsible for sleep and wake cycles.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·May 22, 2014·3 min readGenes Discovered Linking Circadian Clock with Eating ScheduleMutations in a pair of genes, which normally help regulate eating scheduled and keep them in sync with daily sleep rhythms, may play a role in so called night eating syndrome.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·April 27, 2014·2 min readResearchers Discover a Key Regulator in the Pacemakers of Brain and HeartResearchers discover T-type channels can shift from using calcium ions to sodium ions to generate electrochemical signals, because of an outer shield of amino acids.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 24, 2014·3 min readFruitfly Study Identifies Brain Circuit that Drives Daily Cycles of Rest and ActivityResearchers identify neural circuitry in fruit flies that helps control their circadian rhythm.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·February 28, 2014·3 min readScientists Wake Up to Causes of Sleep Disruption in Alzheimer’s DiseaseThe biological clock doesn't stop working for those with Alzheimer's disease, but it does detach from sleep wake cycles, a new report claims.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 19, 2014·3 min readScientists Identify the Switch That Says It’s Time to SleepResearchers discover the switch in the brain which helps promote sleep.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 7, 2014·5 min readComputer Models Help Decode Cells That Sense Light Without SeeingUsing computer models, researchers discover melanopsin pigment in the eye is more sensitive to light than rhodopsin pigment.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 2, 2014·2 min readWant a Good Night’s Sleep in the New Year? Quit SmokingA new study reports smoking disrupts the circadian rhythm in both the brain and lungs.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 25, 2013·4 min readBreaking the Brain Clock Predisposes Nerve Cells to NeurodegenerationResearchers discover the expression of certain clock genes plays a critical role in delaying the emergence of age-related signs in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 28, 2013·5 min readVIP Treatment for Jet LagVIP, a molecule which desynchronizes the cells in the biological clock help also helps the circadian clock adjust more quickly to abrupt shifts in light/dark schedules.Read More
