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Professor of Psychiatry Dr. J. Allan Hobson has found a chemical, called carbachol, which imitates the action of a dream-promoting neurochemical, acetylcholine...
...injecting this substance into the brain stems of cats, Hobson was able to increase rapid eye movement (REM) activity dramatically. The study also demonstrated that the chemical prompts nerve cells to broadcast secondary chemical messages to vision-processing areas of the brain...
...While Hobson says that the brain functions differently while asleep than while awake, the purpose of sleep for the brain is not rest. Instead, the sleeping brain is probably concerned with protein manufacture, he says...
RACHMANINOFF, 24 PRELUDES (Arabesque Recordings). Though usually performed in small groupings or as encores, these two dozen pieces -- covering each of the major and minor keys -- become sovereign microworlds in the hands of piano virtuoso Ian Hobson...
...fired the popular Joe Morgan, who led the Red Sox to division titles in 1988 and '90. He had them in contention again this year before they finished tied with Detroit for second in the AL East with an 84-78 record. The Red Sox replaced him with Butch Hobson...