Poor sleep quality due to sleep disorders and sleep loss is highly prevalent in the modern
society. Underlying mechanisms show that stress is involved in the relationship between …

Sleep is important for regulating many physiologic functions that relate to metabolism.
Because of this, there is substantial evidence to suggest that sleep habits and sleep …

Short sleep duration, poor sleep quality, and insomnia frequently characterize sleep in
pregnancy during all three trimesters. We aimed:(i) to review the clinical evidence of the …

Psoriasis is a chronic, autoimmune skin disease affecting about 2–4% of the worldwide
population. It is now perceived as a systemic disease because of the complex pathogenesis …

Objective: We used quantitative genetic models to assess whether sleep duration modifies
genetic and environmental influences on depressive symptoms. Method: Participants were …

The internally driven 24-h cycle in humans, called circadian rhythm, controls physiological,
metabolic, and hormonal processes, and is tied to the circadian clocks ticking in most of the …

There is increasing awareness of the role of sleep disturbance as an important factor in
health and disease. Although sub-clinical sleep disturbances (insufficient sleep duration or …

Sleep is extremely important for the homeostasis of the organism. In recent years, various
studies have been carried out to address factors related to sleep patterns and their influence …

Aims Investigating the association between sleep duration, obesity, adipokines and insulin
resistance (via Leptin: Adiponectin ratio (LAR)), in those at high risk of type 2 diabetes …

From a physiological perspective the sleep-wake cycle can be envisioned as a sequence of
three physiological states (wakefulness, non-rapid eye movement, NREM, sleep and REM …