Priyanka Saha, Amity University Kolkata Introduction It is well known that sleep is essential to the normal functioning of our bodies and for our health. After a tired and stressful day, the body needs to sleep for a minimum of 7 hours to regain its strength. But as we know, too much of anything is […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition that causes brain atrophy or shrinking, ultimately leading to death of brain cells. It is considered to be the biggest cause of dementia globally. The death rate due to AD in U.S came out as 37 per 100,000 people in 2019. […]
Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University, Kolkata ‘I feel as if I’m losing all my leaves. The branches, and the wind, and the rain. I don’t know what’s happening anymore.’ This is the statement that reminds us of Anthony Hopkins’ accurate portrayal of a dementia patient in “The Father” (2020). And precisely, the movie attempts to put […]
Shreyas bhat , DY Patil School of biotechnology and bioinformatics What is sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which frequent on and off events of breathing take place repeatedly. If you snore loudly and feel tired even after sleeping for more than 8hrs, you might have sleep apnea. The major types of […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Many people have a wrong conception that since DNA damage can occur any time at any genomic site of a neuron, DNA repairs take place throughout the genome arbitrarily. Salk scientists have proved this view to be invalid saying that genomic sites are benefitted. Genomic sites are also known as […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Neuroscientists at UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research initiated a new perception of the unknown functions of memory. Thereby, raising questions like “how the inner GPS of the brain is supported by memories”. They used laser beams to activate the neurons and recorded the activity of the ‘place cells’ in […]
Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata Lewy body dementia comprises two related disorders: dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD). Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is recognized as the second most common form of neurodegenerative dementias in older people. Sufficient pieces of evidence are still not available about its prognosis and natural history, which […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common contagious virus that is sexually transmitted by oral-to-oral contact and causes infection in or around the mouth known as oral herpes and it also causes infection in the genital region known as genital herpes. A current study has shown that herpes simplex virus type […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University Kolkata Dementia is a pandemic in the ageing society, the likelihood doubles every five years. People with dementia in the UK, both those living with families or alone, have lost invaluable support. Family carers have lost respite opportunities because of COVID-19, causing them to feel abandoned. The burden of care was […]
Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata A second pandemic shadows our land, following after COVID-19: a pandemic of slumbering brains. We isolated the elder and older to protect them from the virus. A survey by the Washington Post suggests that over 13,000 excess deaths have occurred in dementia patients after the pandemic started, not related to COVID. The neurologist stated […]
