MUMBAI, India, April 10 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411066594 A) filed by Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Sept. 3, 2024, for 'a method for mitigating cognitive impairment from sleep deprivation via glutamate regulation.'

Inventor(s) include Vivek Srivastava; and Sharvari Nikhil Bhat.

The application for the patent was published on April 10, under issue no. 15/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a method for mitigating cognitive impairment resulting from chronic sleep deprivation through modulation of glutamate neurotransmission. Sleep deprivation disrupts glutamate balance, impairs synaptic plasticity, and induc...