The Daily Free Press recounts the HUBWeek event in which Center Director Bruce Rosen and medical illustrator Danny Quirk spoke about the intersectionality of human anatomy and visual art.
Mass. General-developed system reveals how our brains and bodies change as we fall asleep
November 21, 2014
The Martinos Center's Patrick Purdon and colleagues have developed a system to accurately track the dynamic process of falling asleep, something that has not been possible with existing techniques. In their report in the October issue of the open-access journal PLOS Computational Biology, the research team describes how combining key physiologic measurements with a behavioral task that does not interfere with sleep onset gives a better picture of the gradual process of falling asleep. In addition to being a powerful tool for future research, the system could provide valuable insight into diagnosing and understanding sleep disorders.
Read the full Mass. General news release here.