Sleep and anxiety: From mechanisms to interventions

SL Chellappa, D Aeschbach - Sleep medicine reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Anxiety is the most common mental health problem worldwide. Epidemiological studies
show that sleep disturbances, particularly insomnia, affect∼ 50% of individuals with anxiety …

Insomnia as a predictor of mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Hertenstein, B Feige, T Gmeiner, C Kienzler… - Sleep medicine …, 2019 - Elsevier
Previous research has identified insomnia as a predictor for the onset of depression. The
aim of this meta-analysis is to investigate whether insomnia also predicts the onset of other …

The role of the locus coeruleus in the generation of pathological anxiety

LS Morris, JG McCall, DS Charney… - Brain and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This review aims to synthesise a large pre-clinical and clinical literature related to a
hypothesised role of the locus coeruleus norepinephrine system in responses to acute and …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid reconfiguration of the functional connectome after chemogenetic locus coeruleus activation

V Zerbi, A Floriou-Servou, M Markicevic, Y Vermeiren… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
The locus coeruleus (LC) supplies norepinephrine (NE) to the entire forebrain and regulates
many fundamental brain functions. Studies in humans have suggested that strong LC …

Sleep disturbance in PTSD and other anxiety-related disorders: an updated review of clinical features, physiological characteristics, and psychological and …

A Richards, JC Kanady, TC Neylan - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2020 - nature.com
The current report provides an updated review of sleep disturbance in posttraumatic stress
disorder and anxiety-related disorders. First, this review provides a summary description of …

[HTML][HTML] Noradrenergic modulation of fear conditioning and extinction

TF Giustino, S Maren - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The locus coeruleus norepinephrine (LC-NE) system plays a broad role in learning and
memory. Here we begin with an overview of the LC-NE system. We then consider how both …

[HTML][HTML] To predict, prevent, and manage post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a review of pathophysiology, treatment, and biomarkers

GI Al Jowf, ZT Ahmed, RA Reijnders, L de Nijs… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can become a chronic and severely disabling
condition resulting in a reduced quality of life and increased economic burden. The disorder …

[HTML][HTML] Real-world stress resilience is associated with the responsivity of the locus coeruleus

M Grueschow, N Stenz, H Thörn, U Ehlert… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Individuals may show different responses to stressful events. Here, we investigate the
neurobiological basis of stress resilience, by showing that neural responsitivity of the …

Locus coeruleus norepinephrine drives stress-induced increases in basolateral amygdala firing and impairs extinction learning

TF Giustino, KR Ramanathan, MS Totty… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
Stress impairs extinction learning, and these deficits depend, in part, on stress-induced
norepinephrine (NE) release in the basolateral amygdala (BLA). For example, systemic or …

Effects of reciprocal inhibition and whole‐body relaxation on persistent inward currents estimated by two different methods

RNO Mesquita, JL Taylor, GS Trajano… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Persistent inward currents (PICs) are crucial for initiation, acceleration, and maintenance of
motoneuron firing. As PICs are highly sensitive to synaptic inhibition and facilitated by …