BRAINS IN BRIEFS
Scroll down to see new briefs about recent scientific publications by neuroscience graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania. Or search for your interests by key terms below (i.e. sleep, Alzheimer’s, autism).
Why some people wake up under anesthesia and others don’t (Hint: It’s your Hormones)
or technically,
Hormonal basis of sex differences in anesthetic sensitivity
[See original abstract on Pubmed]
Neurons in the brainstem promote REM sleep and trigger brainwaves that might cause dreaming
or technically,
A medullary hub for controlling REM sleep and pontine waves
[See original abstract on Pubmed]
Understanding the brain during mindfulness
or technically,
Mindful attention promotes control of brain network dynamics for self-regulation and discontinues the past from the present
[See original abstract on Pubmed]
Keeping your brain's symphony in sync
or technically,
Weakly correlated local cortical state switches under anesthesia lead to strongly correlated global states
[See original abstract on Pubmed]