Circadian rhythms and disorders of the timing of sleep

N Meyer, AG Harvey, SW Lockley, DJ Dijk - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
The daily alternation between sleep and wakefulness is one of the most dominant features
of our lives and is a manifestation of the intrinsic 24 h rhythmicity underlying almost every …

Defining circadian disruption in neurodegenerative disorders

CS Colwell - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Neurodegenerative diseases encompass a large group of conditions that are clinically and
pathologically diverse yet are linked by a shared pathology of misfolded proteins. The …

[HTML][HTML] Circadian and sleep dysfunctions in neurodegenerative disorders—An update

K Fifel, A Videnovic - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Disruptions of sleep and circadian rhythms are among the most debilitating symptoms in
patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Their underlying pathophysiology is multilayered …

Association of circadian rhythms with brain disorder incidents: a prospective cohort study of 72242 participants

SJ Chen, YT Deng, YZ Li, YR Zhang, W Zhang… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
Circadian rhythm disruption (CRD) is a shared characteristic of various brain disorders, such
as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and major depression disorder …

Biological timing and neurodevelopmental disorders: a role for circadian dysfunction in autism spectrum disorders

E Lorsung, R Karthikeyan, R Cao - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are a spectrum of neurodevelopmental disorders
characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, as well as stereotyped and …

A targeted epigenetic clock for the prediction of biological age

N Gensous, C Sala, C Pirazzini, F Ravaioli, M Milazzo… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Epigenetic clocks were initially developed to track chronological age, but accumulating
evidence indicates that they can also predict biological age. They are usually based on the …

A brainstem to circadian system circuit links Tau pathology to sundowning-related disturbances in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

AE Warfield, P Gupta, MM Ruhmann, QL Jeffs… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients exhibit progressive disruption of entrained circadian
rhythms and an aberrant circadian input pathway may underlie such dysfunction. Here we …

Synchronizing our clocks as we age: the influence of the brain-gut-immune axis on the sleep-wake cycle across the lifespan

M Sgro, ZN Kodila, RD Brady, AC Reichelt… - Sleep, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The microbes that colonize the small and large intestines, known as the gut microbiome,
play an integral role in optimal brain development and function. The gut microbiome is a vital …

The circadian protein BMAL1 supports endothelial cell cycle during angiogenesis

M Astone, RE Oberkersch, G Tosi… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims The circadian clock is an internal biological timer that co-ordinates physiology and
gene expression with the 24-h solar day. Circadian clock perturbations have been …

Pharmacogenomics of cognitive dysfunction and neuropsychiatric disorders in dementia

R Cacabelos - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Symptomatic interventions for patients with dementia involve anti-dementia drugs to improve
cognition, psychotropic drugs for the treatment of behavioral disorders (BDs), and different …