Sleep deprivation: effects on weight loss and weight loss maintenance

E Papatriantafyllou, D Efthymiou, E Zoumbaneas… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
This narrative review presents the findings from intervention studies on the effects of sleep
deprivation on eating habits, metabolic rate, and the hormones regulating metabolism, and …

Neural functions of hypothalamic oxytocin and its regulation

P Wang, SC Wang, X Liu, S Jia, X Wang, T Li… - ASN …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Oxytocin (OT), a nonapeptide, has a variety of functions. Despite extensive studies on OT
over past decades, our understanding of its neural functions and their regulation remains …

The role of leptin in rodent and human sleep: a transdiagnostic approach with a particular focus on anorexia nervosa

J Hebebrand, S Denecke, J Antel - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
This narrative review addressed to both clinicians and researchers aims to assess the role of
hypoleptinemia in disordered sleep with a particular focus on patients with anorexia nervosa …

Alterations in pregnenolone and testosterone levels in male shift workers

M Bracci, L Zingaretti, M Martelli, R Lazzarini… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Steroid hormone levels are closely related to the endogenous circadian rhythm induced by
sleep–wake and dark–light cycles. Shift work that disrupts the circadian rhythm may …

Mental health, sleep quality, and hormonal circadian rhythms in pregnant women with threatened preterm labor: a prospective observational study

XJ Wang, XT Li, N Chen, L Huang, SX Huang… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2023 - Springer
Background Threatened preterm labor (TPL) is an important obstetrical challenge. Pregnant
women with TPL may develop psychological and physical problems such as mental health …

Circadian medicine for aging attenuation and sleep disorders: prospects and challenges

S Banerjee, S Ray - Progress in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Aging causes progressive deterioration of daily rhythms in behavioral and metabolic
processes and disruption in the regular sleep-wake cycle. Circadian disruption is directly …

New hints for improving sleep: Tea polyphenols mediate gut microbiota to regulate circadian disturbances

Q Xiang, Y Liu, Z Wu, R Wang, X Zhang - Food Frontiers, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biological rhythm is a natural physiological phenomenon of the human body, which is
regulated by the biological rhythm system, including the sleep cycle, body temperature …

Environmental exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances and sleep disturbance in pregnant women: A prospective cohort study

Y Huang, M Nian, G Yu, Y Tian, J Zhang, F Jiang… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous studies on the association between exposure to per-and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) and sleep patterns in pregnant women are limited. This cohort study …

The moderating role of lifestyle on insomnia in home quarantine college students during the COVID-19 epidemic

J Zhang, L Mi, J Zhao, H Chen, D Wang, Z Ma… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There has been sufficient evidence for the relationship between lifestyle and insomnia in the
general population, but for individuals who already suffer from insomnia, it is not clear …

The metabolic regulator USF-1 is involved in the control of affective behaviour in mice

S Sideromenos, M Nikou, B Czuczu… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
Epidemiological studies indicate a bidirectional association between metabolic
disturbances, including obesity and related pathological states, and mood disorders, most …