Genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep in human health and disease

JM Lane, J Qian, E Mignot, S Redline… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Circadian rhythms and sleep are fundamental biological processes integral to human
health. Their disruption is associated with detrimental physiological consequences …

Insomnia disorder: State of the science and challenges for the future

D Riemann, F Benz, RJ Dressle… - Journal of sleep …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Insomnia disorder comprises symptoms during night and day that strongly affect quality of
life and wellbeing. Prolonged sleep latency, difficulties to maintain sleep and early morning …

Safety and efficacy of daridorexant in patients with insomnia disorder: results from two multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trials

E Mignot, D Mayleben, I Fietze, D Leger… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Daytime functioning is impaired in people with insomnia disorder. Currently
available dual orexin receptor antagonists have shown efficacy in insomnia disorder, but do …

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 …

Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use

M Liu, Y Jiang, R Wedow, Y Li, DM Brazel, F Chen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Tobacco and alcohol use are leading causes of mortality that influence risk for many
complex diseases and disorders. They are heritable, and etiologically related, behaviors that …

Sleep, insomnia, and depression

D Riemann, LB Krone, K Wulff, C Nissen - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2020 - nature.com
Since ancient times it is known that melancholia and sleep disturbances co-occur. The
introduction of polysomnography into psychiatric research confirmed a disturbance of sleep …

Sleep and circadian rhythm in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

CM Morin, J Carrier, C Bastien, R Godbout… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
This commentary highlights the critical role of sleep as a public health issue, particularly
during a stressful life period such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and provides evidence-based …

Genome-wide analysis of insomnia in 1,331,010 individuals identifies new risk loci and functional pathways

PR Jansen, K Watanabe, S Stringer, N Skene… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Insomnia is the second most prevalent mental disorder, with no sufficient treatment
available. Despite substantial heritability, insight into the associated genes and …

Sleep health: an opportunity for public health to address health equity

L Hale, W Troxel, DJ Buysse - Annual review of public health, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The concept of sleep health provides a positive holistic framing of multiple sleep
characteristics, including sleep duration, continuity, timing, alertness, and satisfaction. Sleep …

The gut microbiota-bile acid axis links the positive association between chronic insomnia and cardiometabolic diseases

Z Jiang, L Zhuo, Y He, Y Fu, L Shen, F Xu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Evidence from human cohorts indicates that chronic insomnia is associated with higher risk
of cardiometabolic diseases (CMD), yet whether gut microbiota plays a role is unclear. Here …