Mediterranean diet on sleep: a health alliance

E Scoditti, MR Tumolo, S Garbarino - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean diet is a plant-based, antioxidant-rich, unsaturated fat dietary pattern that
has been consistently associated with lower rates of noncommunicable diseases and total …

So depression is an inflammatory disease, but where does the inflammation come from?

M Berk, LJ Williams, FN Jacka, A O'Neil, JA Pasco… - BMC medicine, 2013 - Springer
Background We now know that depression is associated with a chronic, low-grade
inflammatory response and activation of cell-mediated immunity, as well as activation of the …

The role of sleep in emotional brain function

AN Goldstein, MP Walker - Annual review of clinical psychology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Rapidly emerging evidence continues to describe an intimate and causal relationship
between sleep and emotional brain function. These findings are mirrored by long-standing …

Sleep loss and the socio-emotional brain

EB Simon, R Vallat, CM Barnes, MP Walker - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Are you feeling emotionally fragile, moody, unpredictable, even ungenerous to those around
you? Here, we review how and why these phenomena can occur as a result of insufficient …

Sleep, plasticity and memory from molecules to whole-brain networks

T Abel, R Havekes, JM Saletin, MP Walker - Current biology, 2013 - cell.com
Despite the ubiquity of sleep across phylogeny, its function remains elusive. In this review,
we consider one compelling candidate: brain plasticity associated with memory processing …

Sleep and REM sleep disturbance in the pathophysiology of PTSD: the role of extinction memory

EF Pace-Schott, A Germain, MR Milad - Biology of mood & anxiety …, 2015 - Springer
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is accompanied by disturbed sleep and an impaired
ability to learn and remember extinction of conditioned fear. Following a traumatic event, the …

Insomnia as predictor versus outcome of PTSD and depression among Iraq combat veterans

KM Wright, TW Britt, PD Bliese, AB Adler… - Journal of clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: The study conducted a longitudinal assessment of insomnia as an antecedent
versus consequence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms …

Mood, the circadian system, and melanopsin retinal ganglion cells

L Lazzerini Ospri, G Prusky… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The discovery of a third type of photoreceptors in the mammalian retina, intrinsically
photosensitive retinal ganglion cells (ipRGCs), has had a revolutionary impact on …

NREM and REM sleep: complementary roles in recovery after wakefulness

VV Vyazovskiy, A Delogu - The Neuroscientist, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The overall function of sleep is hypothesized to provide “recovery” after preceding waking
activities, thereby ensuring optimal functioning during subsequent wakefulness. However …

Thalamic dysfunction in schizophrenia suggested by whole-night deficits in slow and fast spindles

F Ferrarelli, MJ Peterson, S Sarasso… - American Journal of …, 2010 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Slow waves and sleep spindles are the two main oscillations occurring during
non-REM sleep. While slow oscillations are primarily generated and modulated by the …