Sleep Disorders

Microscopic photograph: In the top row - a photograph of the brain of a normal fly, and in the bottom row - the brain of a fly with neurodegeneration, showing holes in the brain. Credit: Shai Kloksi

An enzyme that prevents sleep and mood disorders

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The researchers showed that a deficiency in SIRT6 (which declines with age) diverts tryptophan into the neurotoxic kynurenine pathway at the expense of serotonin and melatonin production; inhibiting the enzyme TDO2 in fruit flies reduced brain damage and neuromotor deterioration. The findings were published in Nature
sleeping baby Illustration: depositphotos.com

Are you a riser or a night animal?

In both cases, it may be related to your gut bacteria. This is according to a joint study by scientists at the University of Haifa and the Technion, who also present hope for change for people who suffer from their sleeping pattern
wakefulness and sleep cycle. Illustration: depositphotos.com

You should sleep before an exam: lack of sleep sabotages the storage of new memories in the hippocampus

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Mice that suffered from a lack of sleep increased the activity of inhibitory neurons in the hippocampus, thereby disrupting the processing and storage of new memories.
sleep waves. Illustration: Ben Gurion University

Research has discovered what happens in the brains of children with autism when they sleep

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The electronic screens hit us with blue light that disrupts the brain's sleep control. Photo: Aleksander Razumny Nordgarden Rødner Follow.

Blue screens stimulate the mind

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Sleeping hours. Image: pixabay.com

Creative people sleep longer, later and less quality

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sleep. Illustration: shutterstock

Sleep on it!

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race of life. Pictured is Via Roma in Palermo. Photo: shutterstock

International study: living in the modern conditions of "eternal summer" may damage our health and the health of ecosystems

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EIG neurofeedback. Illustration: Sivan Kinreich

How are sleep disorders checked in real time?

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Insomnia, 14th century illustration. From Wikipedia

Recognition - murder from sleep / James and Lahous

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Prof. Peretz Lavi and Dr. Lina Lavi in ​​the sleep research laboratory at the Technion. Photo: from the website of the Friends of the Technion Association in the USA

stop breathing to live

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Insomnia, 14th century illustration. From Wikipedia

Restless night

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Dr. Gili Givati

Having trouble sleeping? Avoid exposure to light before going to bed

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The honey bee

The hive is buzzing around the clock

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Orexin A

Medicine - to put the addiction to sleep

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

A malfunction in the biological clock? Possibly originating from your microRNA

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A glacier from Scotland and humans completed the path: a possible route to the Stonehenge altar stone

Between art and suicide - about sleepwalking

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