2009/10/28 Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> > http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1745 > > Fighting Sleep, Penn Researchers Reverse the Cognitive Impairment > Caused By Sleep Deprivation > October 26, 2009 > > “Millions of people regularly obtain insufficient sleep,” Abel said. > “Our work has identified a treatment in mice that can reverse the > cognitive impact of sleep deprivation. Further, our work identifies > specific molecular changes in neurons caused by sleep deprivation, and > future work on this target protein promises to reveal novel > therapeutic approaches to treat the cognitive deficits that accompany > sleep disturbances seen in sleep apnea, Alzheimer’s disease and > schizophrenia.” >
Can it cure zombies[1] and put an end to zombie arguments[2]? Kiran [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie#Zombie_arguments
