Brain mechanisms of insomnia: new perspectives on causes and consequences

EJW Van Someren - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
While insomnia is the second most common mental disorder, progress in our understanding
of underlying neurobiological mechanisms has been limited. The present review addresses …

Dopamine: functions, signaling, and association with neurological diseases

MO Klein, DS Battagello, AR Cardoso… - Cellular and molecular …, 2019 - Springer
The dopaminergic system plays important roles in neuromodulation, such as motor control,
motivation, reward, cognitive function, maternal, and reproductive behaviors. Dopamine is a …

Memory-enhancing properties of sleep depend on the oscillatory amplitude of norepinephrine

C Kjaerby, M Andersen, N Hauglund, V Untiet… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Sleep has a complex micro-architecture, encompassing micro-arousals, sleep spindles and
transitions between sleep stages. Fragmented sleep impairs memory consolidation …

Neuronal network activity controls microglial process surveillance in awake mice via norepinephrine signaling

YU Liu, Y Ying, Y Li, UB Eyo, T Chen, J Zheng… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Microglia dynamically survey the brain parenchyma. Microglial processes interact with
neuronal elements; however, what role neuronal network activity plays in regulating …

The relationship of sleep duration and insomnia to risk of hypertension incidence: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

L Meng, Y Zheng, R Hui - Hypertension Research, 2013 - nature.com
To assess whether habitual sleep duration or insomnia increase the incidence of
hypertension. PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane were searched without language restriction …

Noradrenaline tracks emotional modulation of attention in human amygdala

D Bang, Y Luo, LS Barbosa, SR Batten, B Hadj-Amar… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
The noradrenaline (NA) system is one of the brain's major neuromodulatory systems; it
originates in a small midbrain nucleus, the locus coeruleus (LC), and projects widely …

The effects of shift work on physical and mental health

M Vogel, T Braungardt, W Meyer… - Journal of neural …, 2012 - Springer
Occupational engagement is a pre-requisite for continuous income opportunities. Among the
changing social circumstances work-related conditions play an increasingly eminent role in …

Advances in the treatment of chronic insomnia: a narrative review of new nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies

R Rosenberg, L Citrome, CL Drake - Neuropsychiatric Disease and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic insomnia disorder, which affects 6–10% of the population, is diagnostically
characterized by ongoing difficulties with initiating or maintaining sleep occurring at least …

Recent advances in the utilization of tea active ingredients to regulate sleep through neuroendocrine pathway, immune system and intestinal microbiota

Y Wei, J Xu, S Miao, K Wei, L Peng… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Sleep disorders have received widespread attention nowadays, which have been promoted
by the accelerated pace of life, unhealthy diets and lack of exercise in modern society. The …

Sleep in autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

K Singh, AW Zimmerman - Seminars in pediatric neurology, 2015 - Elsevier
Sleep problems are common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Sleep problems in these disorders may not only worsen …