Poor sleep and daytime sleepiness are common in people with epilepsy. Sleep disorders
can disrupt seizure control and in turn sleep and vigilance problems can be exacerbated by …

The integrated activity of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) with the somatomotor and the
neuroendocrine systems allows an animal to maintain internal homoeostasis and regulate …

In mammals, torpor/hibernation is a state that is characterized by an active reduction in
metabolic rate followed by a progressive decrease in body temperature. Torpor was …

Sleep is intimately related to memory processes. The established view is that the
transformation of experiences into long-term memories is linked to sleep-related CNS …

In healthy individuals, a reduction in cardiovascular output and a shift to
parasympathetic/vagal dominant activity is observed across nocturnal sleep. This cardiac …

Numerous data show a reciprocal interaction between REM sleep and thermoregulation.
During REM sleep, the function of thermoregulation appears to be impaired; from the other …

Commonly used hypnotics have undesirable side-effects, especially during continuous
usage. On the other hand, some herbal products, which are used for prolonged periods, are …

Under conditions of scarce food availability and cool ambient temperature, the mouse (Mus
Musculus) enters into torpor, a state of transient metabolic suppression mediated in part by …

What makes endothermy one of the most fascinating traits in evolution? Metabolic heat
production required a complex degree of coordination from the organism to the molecule to …

Sleep research carried out on rat and mouse model led to the publication of more than 5000
papers in the last 15 years, of which more than 500 in 2014. Wake-sleep scoring represents …