Is daydreaming the same as night dreaming? Why do we sleep, and what can sleep tell us about our conscious minds? What would happen if we never slept? Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen answers.
More scientists are turning to zebrafish to unravel the mechanisms underlying genetic or infectious diseases, from muscular dystrophy, to MND, schizophrenia, tuberculosis or cancer.
Which animals dream the most? Why do we sleep? Sleep and consciousness researcher Associate Professor Bruno van Swinderen answers some burning questions about animal sleep.
A non-invasive potential treatment for Alzheimer’s has been used safely on older brains, researchers from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) have confirmed.
Scientists from QBI and the School of Biomedical Sciences are now initiating a clinical study of patients with sleep apnoea to determine whether treatment lowers the risk of developing dementia.
Finding a cure for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s is challenging. They’re difficult to diagnose, and drugs struggle to get into the brain as the brain’s blood supply is largely separate to the rest of the body.
QBI researchers have found that general anaesthetics act on the brain in a more complex way than previously thought. The discovery could lead to improved drugs for surgery.
