by Simon Makin, Neuroscience, Science News, May, 2023 | May 22, 2023 | Blog
Controlling spinal fluid might help treat neurological diseases. Waves of cerebrospinal fluid that normally wash over brains during sleep can be made to pulse in the brains of people who are wide awake, a new study finds. Previous research has suggested that the clear...
by NY Times, January 3, 2023 | Feb 23, 2023 | Blog
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found it harder and harder to fall and stay asleep. Why is that? Dr. Abhinav Singh, medical director of the Indiana Sleep Center and a sleep professor at Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine, likes to answer this...
by Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, July 2022 | Jan 30, 2023 | Blog
Why do psychiatric conditions multiply the risk of cognitive decline? Age is the single biggest risk factor for dementia, with the odds doubling about every five years after age 65. But many things influence those odds for a given individual. Genetic vulnerability is...
by Biofeedback Matters, Biofeedback Resources International, Summer, 2022 | Nov 28, 2022 | Blog
The old concept of Fight or Flight was helpful in helping to explain the stress response. It’s just not good enough anymore. Our nervous system is much more complex than that.Hans Selye gave us his theory on stress and Walter Cannon gave us his concept of fight...