Sleep rests brain, not body
UW-Madison sleep research Dr. Chiara Cirelli says sleep isn’t about resting your body; it’s about resting your brain....
read moreMolecular switch in brain tells us time to sleep
Scientists say they’ve discovered that there’s a molecular switch in our brains that sends us to sleep....
read moreFootball helmets may not do much to protect players from concussion...
A new study that analyzed the strength and safety of 10 popular football helmet designs found that they only reduced the risk of TBI by 20 percent. Unfortunately, the helmets offering the least protection are also the most popular...
read moreShingles shown to be a risk factor for stroke and TIA
People under 40 who had shingles were 74% more likely to have a stroke than those who had never had it. This increased risk was independent of things like smoking, obesity and high cholesterol....
read moreSensitivity to pain linked to amount of gray matter in brain
Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center discovered that people with the highest pain intensity rating have less gray matter in the brain regions associated with internal thoughts and attention control....
read moreBrain classifies what it sees in just 13 milliseconds
Neuroscientists at MIT discovered that unlike previous reports suggesting that the brain can process images in 100 milliseconds, it can actually classify an image in just 13 milliseconds....
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