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anaesthetist holding oxygen mask above patient in surgery room

Corals and fruit flies aid understanding of anaesthesia

Published on: 3 June 2021

Using light-emitting corals, fruit flies and powerful microscopy, QBI researchers are researching the effects of anaesthesia on the brain.

Predictive coding and sleep in the fly brain

Closing the loop between brain activity and salience

Bridging the gap between electrical and molecular sleep functions

Functional analysis of sleep promoting neurons in health and disease

Mechanisms of general anaesthesia

Fruit flies could open new avenues to better understanding attention and sleep.

Fruit fly offers new insights into attention and sleep

Published on: 27 November 2020

The ability to study sleep and attention in fruit flies could lead to a greater understanding of these potentially related phenomena in humans.

Podcast: Flies sleep like babies

Evolution has guided us to spend hours every night in our most vulnerable state – unconscious and unaware. It’s an easy question to ask: what’s the point?

A new discovery made by University of Queensland researchers has led to deeper understanding of the differences in how easily individuals fall asleep.

Trouble falling asleep? Your sleep switch may be to blame

Published on: 4 September 2018

According to new research from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute, a particular area in the brain has neurons that act like a sleep switch.

Podcast: Bridging the brain-mind gap

QBI's Deputy Director (research) Professor Linda Richards, and Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen joined Australia's Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, on a panel at the World Science Festival in Brisbane in 2018