Untangling the Mysteries of Sleep: A Neuroscience Perspective
Artstract #2 Sleep is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that remains a challenging subject for scientific research. One of the major challenges of studying ...
Month: March 2023
Can You Learn In Your Sleep?
What really is sleep? We all know what sleep is and what it looks like, but what goes on in the brain during sleep? You may have heard that it’s good for ...
Sleeping May Replace Studying — Every College Students Dream Come True (Literally)
Since elementary school, I recall being told to get a “good night’s sleep” before tests – I, along with many other kids, did not take this seriously. In college...
Emotional Memories and Sleep
Sleep, is potentially one of the most important things in our lives. According to John Hopkins’ website we spend around a quarter to a third of our life ...
Environmental Impact on Memory Consolidation during Sleep
What is memory consolidation? In the most simplest terms, memory consolidation is the process of converting a short term memory into a more stable, long-term me...
Why is Sleep Important?
Artstract by Jessica Howard The Stages of Sleep There are four different sleep stages that are identified by the type of brain waves present during eac...
Catch some Z’s
The Hippocampus The specific region of the brain that helps to form new memories is called the hippocampus. Most memories formed here will be lost during the da...
Cancer in the brain EXPLAINED
Glioblastoma is a type of cancer that starts with abnormal growth of cells in the brain or spinal cord that eventually turns into a tumor. Glioblastoma can occu...
The Blood Brain Barrier: Drug Delivery in Glioblastoma
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective and specialized membrane that separates circulating blood from the brain extracellular fluid (BECF) in the c...
The devastating truth of Glioblastomas
Introduction Glioblastomas (GBMs) are an invasive and aggressive form of malignant brain cancer that are treatment resistant due to the inability of treatments ...