Modern societies are experiencing an increasing trend of reduced sleep duration, with
nocturnal sleeping time below the recommended ranges for health. Epidemiological and …

Sleep-immune interactions are well-known phenomena in everyday life and folk wisdom.
There is no doubt that an infection makes us tired and increases the desire to sleep, and a …

The discovery of reciprocal connections between the central nervous system, sleep and the
immune system has shown that sleep enhances immune defences and that afferent signals …

Sleep disturbances including insomnia independently contribute to risk of inflammatory
disorders and major depressive disorder. This review and overview provides an integrated …

1. This paper reviews recent findings on cellular and humoral immunity and inflammatory
markers in depression. 2. 2. It is shown that major depression may be accompanied by …

Sleep is considered an important modulator of the immune response. Thus, a lack of sleep
can weaken immunity, increasing organism susceptibility to infection. For instance, shorter …

Good sleep is necessary for physical and mental health. For example, sleep loss impairs
immune function, and sleep is altered during infection. Immune signalling molecules are …

Chronic low‐grade inflammation, in particular increased concentrations of proinflammatory
cytokines such as interleukin (IL)‐6 in the circulation, is observed with increasing age, but it …

Sleep is hypothesized to be a restorative process that is important for the proper functioning
of the immune system. Severity of disordered sleep in depressed-and alcoholic subjects …

Recent studies from this laboratory have provided some evidence that major depression, in
particular melancholia, may be accompanied by an immune response. The present study …