Hypnosis seems to alleviate pain and fear. It is therefore sometimes used in ante-natal preparation, for burns or at the dentist. Altered consciousness Up to now, the exact impact of hypnosis on ...

The locus coeruleus is the brain’s major source of the neuromodulator norepinephrine, and is also profoundly vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer’s disease related tau pathology. Norepinephrine ...

Neurons have a high energy cost mainly sustained by glucose, but paradoxically present a weak glycolysis. This fact is now shown to account for healthy bioenergetics, reduced mitochondrial redox ...

In both animals and humans, the evidence in the literature shows substantial parallels and overlap between drugs of abuse and sugar, from the standpoint of brain neurochemistry as well as behaviour. A ...

The Neurochemistry and Cognition Lab, led by principal investigator Anne Berry, examines relationships among neurochemistry, brain activity and cognition in humans. Professor Berry is interested in ...