Gene responsible for developmental disorder identified
...f mental retardation, cranio-facial abnormalities, sleep disturbances and self-injurious behaviors. Becaus...y could have wider-ranging effects on the study of sleep disorders and other behavioral problems, as well as provide more insight into early development of t...Body hormone ghrelin, a food intake and weight gain influence, is found to promote sleep
...ies and novels alike, much is made of the stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement (REM), since this is t...or delta-wave sleep), because this fourth stage of sleep can be difficult to attain. If one is awakened during the first three stages of sleep, they must rep...'Sleep debts' accrue when nightly sleep totals six hours or fewer
...ve they can function well on six or fewer hours of sleep every night may be accumulating a "sleep debt" tha...d others who routinely get fewer than six hours of sleep each night. "Routine nightly sleep for fewer than six hours results in cognitive performance defic...... ethnically matched subjects without any diagnosed sleep disorder. A total of 21 sleepwalkers (35.0%) were ...ases of SW. Thus, together with narcolepsy and REM sleep behavior disorder, these findings suggest that specific DQB1 genes are implicated in disorders of mo...Common pediatric anesthesia drugs cause brain damage and learning and memory problems in infant rats
...ing brain," Olney says. "If you put nerve cells to sleep when they are supposed to be making connections, i...t when drugs interfere with the cell and put it to sleep when it is trying to make connections, the suicide rate rises to abnormally high proportions. Previo...Researchers unwind secrets of biological clocks
..., research that eventually could lead to cures for sleep and mood disorders, as well as other medical problems. Golden and her colleagues also study the biological clocks of birds, rats and fungi, but it was the bacterium known as Synechococcus elongatus that yielded the latest revelation: the first struct...Scientists uncover 'time for bed' molecules
...acking these molecules also respond differently to sleep deprivation. This suggests that cryptochromes are also involved in sleep homeostasis, the process by which we feel tired after we have been awake for a long time. Sleep is r...A new animal study clarifies how different parts of the brain regulate sleep
...searchers in Australia and New Zealand report that sleep deprivation can have some of the same hazardous ef...e United States, the National Sleep Foundation and sleep experts believe that there are other problems associated with sleep deprivation in addition to probl...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2003
... meaning that the mouse will not have to be put to sleep and will be free to move in a limited way. Future directions could include expanding this concept to CT machines used for humans. [Contact: Fred Strohl, 865-574-4165; strohlhf@ornl.gov ]...Purdue researchers discover basis for biological clock
...irtually every activity within living things, from sleep patterns to respiration -- is a single protein, Pu...ock setting, from minimizing jet lag to correcting sleep disorders," he said. "We might even be able to develop simple artificial clock-setting environments ...Scientists shed new light on the body's internal clock
...tivity levels and sleep. "Instead of being able to sleep for extended periods of time, we would be at the mercy of unpredictable bursts of sleep and activity," added Stanford senior research scientist Norman Ruby, lead author of the study. Pho...Gene responsible for rewinding body's 'clock' described by scientists at TSRI
...lp in the development of strategies for correcting sleep disorders, many of which are related to circadian ...time our major activities with the light phase, we sleep during the dark phase, and even our vital signs follow this pattern. Our blood pressure fluctuates d...UT Southwestern scientist helps identify gene that may lead to treatments for sleep disorders
...helped uncover key information in the treatment of sleep disorders by identifying a gene that controls the rhythmic behavior of animals. Dr. Jin Jiang, assistant professor in the Center for Developmental Biology and of pharmacology at UT Southwestern, and researchers from Rutgers University have learned th...UT Southwestern postdoctoral researcher wins international Young Scientist Prize
...s in the circadian cycle have been associated with sleep disorders and depression. "Biological rhythms and their underlying mechanisms have become an exciting domain in neuroscience and cell biology," said Kennedy. "Rutter's work has provided an important new insight that will enhance the excitement." Rut...Clock cues: Cellular sensing, metabolism research wins Amersham Biosciences and Science Prize
...ircadian cycle in humans have been associated with sleep disorders and depression. Rutter and his Ph.D. advisor Steven L. McKnight arrived at the UT Southwestern lab at the same time with no established projects to work on and the freedom to explore research problems that few other labs were pursuing. "Tha...Acorda Therapeutics acquires CeNeS neuregulin products
...ssets targeting pain, schizophrenia, addiction and sleep disorders. CeNeS is based in Cambridge, England. For further information please visit http://www.cenes.co.uk ....Natural or synthetic secretin does not reduce symptoms of autism, study shows
...ents were asked about their child's behavioral and sleep problems and their vocabulary, while teachers were primarily asked about behavior problems. In laboratories, investigators rated and diagnosed the children in a play-based interaction that tested social and communication functioning. The children al...Eczema patients lack natural antibiotic in skin
...n persist into adulthood. Severe cases can lead to sleep deprivation, chronic bacterial infections, and depression. Approximately one in nine people in the United States suffer from this disease at some point. Along with other allergic diseases, its prevalence has grown significantly in recent years. Immun...NHLBI launches innovative proteomics centers
...of healthy and diseased heart, lung, blood, and/or sleep processes. Ultimately, the research is expected t...ways to diagnose and treat heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. Altogether, the initiative will award a total of $157 million over 7 years. About $22 m......iazepines mentioned above decrease anxiety, induce sleep and even anesthesia. Earlier studies by this group reveal that mice lacking the gene for PKCe have an increased sensitivity to alcohol, benzodiazepines and barbiturates. These observations have now been extended to include a supersensitivity to the ...