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Fulbright scholar to discover more about anaesthesia

Published on: 24 March 2022

A Queensland Brain Institute researcher will be heading to the US after their work into how anaesthesia disrupts brain function was awarded a Fulbright scholarship.

Webinar: Brain Health For Mental Health

We all know diet, sleep and exercise are important for our health. But just how important are they for our mental health?

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?