Investigating sleep in mental disorders has the potential to reveal both disorder-specific and
transdiagnostic psychophysiological mechanisms. This meta-analysis aimed at determining …

The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis plays important roles in maintaining alertness
and modulating sleep. Dysfunction of this axis at any level (CRH receptor, glucocorticoid …

Bidirectional associations between mood disorders and cardiovascular diseases are
extensively documented. However, the precise physiological and biochemical mechanisms …

Psychological stresses are associated with cardiovascular diseases to the extent that
cardiovascular diseases are among the most important group of psychosomatic diseases …

Recent studies have suggested that body composition is key to health and disease. First, fat
tissue is a complex, essential, and highly active metabolic and endocrine organ that …

OBJECTIVE: Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain and
higher pain perception in specific anatomic sites called tender points. Fibromyalgia is …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most widely recognized arrhythmia. Systemic arterial
hypertension, diabetes, obesity, heart failure, and valvular heart diseases are major risk …

Pharmacological and physiological phenomena suggest that cells somewhere inside the
central nervous system are responsive to aldosterone. Here, we present the fundamental …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most commonly seen arrhythmia in clinical practice. At present,
few studies have been conducted centering on depression and anxiety in AF patients. Our …

Ionic sodium, obtained from dietary sources usually in the form of sodium chloride (NaCl,
common table salt) is essential to physiological function, and in humans salt is generally …