Yale researcher receives $1.4 million grant to study the hypocretin cells involved in narcolepsy
...ew minutes to a few hours, after which the patient wakes up feeling temporarily refreshed. Many people who suffer from narcolepsy also have cataplexy, a sudden loss of muscle tone and temporary paralysis evoked by strong emotion, such as laughing. During attacks of cataplexy, which last a few seconds or mi...Mice lacking fat-making enzyme are leaner, more sensitive to leptin and insulin
...the tap of fat production. Maybe the next time Rip wakes up, a DGAT1 inhibitor will have transformed Americans into the slimmer bodies they had in the good old days. Other authors include Steven J. Smith, PhD, postdoctoral fellow at Gladstone and the UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute, Zuleika Ladha, ...Researchers devise ways to reduce noise, improve sleep in nursing homes
...the extent to which noise level is associated with wakes in nursing home residents, researchers are eager to determine how much the noise-reducing strategies can reduce awakenings among residents, Ahuja said. "In the next phase, we will apply these interventions in facilities for a longer period of time an...Causal relationship suggested between reflux and sleep apnea
... (the number of times a person stops breathing and wakes up). "Patients with OSAS have substantial nocturnal GER," said the study's lead researcher Brian P. Mulhall, M.D., M.P.H., of Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Gastroenterology Service (Washington, D.C.). "Our preliminary findings suggest that there......rson smokes a cigarette, drinks a glass of wine or wakes up with a cup of coffee, the workings of that person's brain are being changed, he said, so how is taking a drug any different? "Caffeine then modafinil; what is next?" said Cook-Deegan, a co-author of the paper. Cook-Deegan said drug treatments foll...