Dietary restriction (DR) decreases body weight, improves health, and extends lifespan. DR
can be achieved by controlling how much and/or when food is provided, as well as by …

Although its true function remains unclear, sleep is considered critical to human
physiological and cognitive function. Equally, since sleep loss is a common occurrence prior …

Obesity and liver diseases are associated with the disruption of the circadian clock that
orchestrates mammalian physiology to optimize nutrient metabolism and storage. Here, we …

This paper presents the history of research and the results of recent studies on the effects of
sleep deprivation in animals and humans. Humans can bear several days of continuous …

The main systemic disorders resulting from prolonged sleep deprivation in laboratory
animals are a negative energy balance, low circulating thyroid hormones, and host defense …

This article presents an up-to-date review of the state-of-the-art knowledge regarding the
effect of sleep on the anabolic growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 (GH/IGF-1) axis …

ABSTRACT DÁTTILO, M., HKM ANTUNES, NMN GALBES, M. MÔNICO-NETO, H. DE SÁ
SOUZA, MVL DOS SANTOS QUARESMA, KS LEE, C. UGRINOWITSCH, S. TUFIK, AND MT …

This article reviews the main findings that emerged in the intervening years since the
previous volume on hormonal control of growth in the section on the endocrine system of the …

Context: It is not yet clear whether the diurnal variation in testosterone is regulated by
circadian or homeostatic (sleep) influences. Objective: The present study tested whether …

OBJECTIVE. Our goal was to describe the variability of sleep duration (time in bed per 24
hours) in healthy children from 1 to 10 years of age in comparison with growth measures …