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Body Clock Drugs Could Ease Psychiatric Disorders And Jet Lag
Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Medical Research Council (MRC) have successfully used a drug to reset and restart the natural 24 hour body clock of mice in the lab. The ability to do this in a mammal opens up the possibility of dealing with a range of human difficulties including some psychiatric disorders, jet lag and the health …

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Brain’s Distorted Body Model Revealed By Hand Study
Our brains contain a highly distorted model of our own bodies, according to new research by scientists at UCL (University College London). A study just published, which focussed on the brain’s representation of the hand, found that our model of our bodies is out of sync with reality – with a strong tendency to think that the hands are shorter and fatter than their true shape…

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