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 […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Stages of sleep: Various research studies have elucidated the various aspects of the mind in the midnight hour. While we sleep and have dreams, our brain is directly involved in regulating our sleep cycles and monitoring sleep and dream quality. Sleep has two stages: (i) REM (rapid eye movement) (ii) […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Charlotte Brontë, the famous British novelist of the 19th century once said, “A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow.” Reading this today tells us how ahead of time a novelist’s thought process can be. This line clearly explains the causes and effects of insomnia. It is caused mostly due to […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Insomnia is a disorder of sleep where a person has trouble falling asleep. It affects 30% of the total population worldwide and can be chronic or acute. In general, the causes include underlying Psychiatric or clinical conditions and it affects our mood and productivity. Recent studies conducted by researchers in […]
AISHILA KAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Scientists have long believed but couldn’t make sure that brain activity declines once we sleep. Most sleep research is conducted using electroencephalography, a technique that entails measuring brain activity via electrodes put down along a patient’s scalp. But, an assistant at EPFL’s Medical Image Processing Laboratory, Anjali Tarun, decided to […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Genes and the neural network together regulate animal sleep. The importance of quality and restful sleep has been dealt with innumerable times before. It was more than 2000 years ago that Greek physician Hippocrates wrote, “Disease exists if either sleep or watchfulness be excessive.” However, our sleep and sleeping habits […]
-Anwita Sarkar, Team bioXone Thomas Dekker once popularly remarked that “Sleep is the golden chain that binds health and our bodies together”. Dekker’s statement was indeed a true one. Modern-day living across the world does not embrace the importance of sleep and has taken its functions and needs for granted. The necessity of sleep can […]
