The circadian rhythm plays a fundamental role in regulating biological functions, including
sleep–wake preference, body temperature, hormonal secretion, food intake, and cognitive …

Sleep timing is controlled by the subtle interplay between circadian and homeostatic
oscillators which, according to their endogenous properties, allow beings to feel …

The COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent restrictions imposed by governments
worldwide have had profound social and psychological effects, particularly for young adults …

The circadian rhythm is crucial for physiological and behavioral functions. Chronotype,
which represents individual preferences for activity and performance, is associated with …

Rhythmic gene expression is found throughout the central nervous system. This harmonized
regulation can be dependent on-and independent of-the master regulator of biological …

Background Actigraphy may provide a more valid assessment of sleep, circadian rhythm
(CR), and physical activity (PA) than self‐reported questionnaires, but has not been used …

The importance of time is ever prevalent in our world, and disruptions to the normal
light/dark and sleep/wake cycle have now become the norm rather than the exception for a …

BACKGROUND The circadian system entrains behavioral and physiological rhythms to
environmental cycles, and modern lifestyles disrupt this entrainment. We investigated a …

The first COVID-19 contagion wave caused unprecedented restraining measures worldwide.
In Italy, a period of generalized lockdown involving home confinement of the entire …

In 2020, the world gained dramatic experience of the development of the 2019 coronavirus
disease pandemic (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV …