UT Southwestern biochemist honored with NIH Director's Pioneer Award
...s may help researchers better understand and treat insomnia and other sleep-related disorders, while a clearer picture of the relationship between circadian rhythms and depression might impact drug discovery in the treatment of potentially significant forms of mood disorder. "Taking major risks and achi...UW study: Migrating birds offer insight into sleep
...ic changes in their sleep patterns, such as having insomnia and entering REM sleep (the dream stage) too quickly after falling asleep," says Ruth Benca, professor of psychiatry at UW Medical School and principal investigator of the study. "Finding this same pattern in the birds offers us an intriguing model ...Is there an unexpected price for late night high tech excitement?
...etion with age has been blamed for the tendency to insomnia in the elderly. As in all advanced industrial nations, the number of Japanese using personal computers at night is increasing. A recent report from that nation indicated that 53.7 percent of Internet users in Japan had delayed bedtimes and 45 percen...Study: Adults maintain significant improvement in ADHD with long-term use of amphetamine
...rs said, and included dry mouth, loss of appetite, insomnia and headache. The average age of the participants was 39.8 years and all had a history of ADHD before age 7. Of the participants, 60 percent were men and 89 percent were white. Many participants were not properly diagnosed until they were adults, re...UT Southwestern scientist explores caffeine-signaling activity in brain function
...ted, and it is well-known that caffeine can induce insomnia and that adenosine can induce sleep. By studying sleep we may also learn more about drug addiction and other disorders," Bibb said....Inform doctors when taking herbs and dietary supplements
... to have beneficial effects ondepression, anxiety, insomnia and memory problems, new research shows thatpotential side effects exist. Millions of depressed or sleepless patients mixprescription medicines with alternative therapies and many do so withoutinforming their doctors. Adriane Fugh-Berman, MD, Georg...Study confirms safety and tolerability of zaleplon for long-term treatment of insomnia
...missionin May 1999 for the short-term treatment of insomnia in patients who havedifficulty falling asleep. ...ion suffers from insomnia. Short-term or transient insomnia may be caused by many things, such as a changein sleeping or daily environments; a new home or job; ...Protein Misfolding, Not Mutant Gene, Key To Lethal Sleep Disorder
...gic disorder thatmatches the curse: sporadic fatal insomnia (SFI). The symptoms and neuropathology of SFI are ... Italian scientists in 1986, called fatal familial insomnia (FFI).FFI is triggered by a tiny mutation in a particular gene that prompts theprotein made by that ...