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Novel technology ties brain circuits to alertness

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From the Stanford University Medical Center press release: Stanford University investigators have for the first time tied several brain circuits to alertness. The findings enhance scientists’ understanding of the forces driving alertness, a brain state… 

Discovery challenges belief about brain’s cellular makeup

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From the Northwell Health press release: A discovery made by Junhwan Kim, PhD, assistant professor at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, is challenging science’s longstanding beliefs regarding the cellular makeup of the brain. This… 

Study identifies neurons that rouse the brain to breathe

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From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: A common and potentially serious sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea affects at least one quarter of U.S. adults and is linked to increased risk of diabetes,…