Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Brandon J. Vilarello, Patricia T. Jacobson, Jeremy P. Tervo, Liam W. Gallagher, Francesco F. Caruana, Joseph B. Gary, Tiana M. Saak, David A. Gudis, Paule V. Joseph, Terry E. Goldberg, D. P. Devanand, Jonathan B. Overdevest
Summary: This study aims to assess the impact of COVID-19-associated olfactory dysfunction on BMI and finds an association between COVID-19-associated olfactory dysfunction and BMI, suggesting that olfaction may play a role in altering dietary habits and nutrition in this population.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Alice Montino, Karthi Balakrishnan, Stefan Dippel, Bjorn Trebels, Piotr Neumann, Ernst A. Wimmer
Summary: Olfaction is crucial for insects to locate food sources, mates, and oviposition sites. Odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) facilitate the initial steps in olfaction by translocating hydrophobic odorants to odorant receptor complexes in olfactory sensory neurons. Two OBPs in Tribolium castaneum enhance the detection of a broad spectrum of organic volatiles, despite being expressed in a mutually exclusive pattern in the antenna. Phylogenetic analysis shows that these OBPs arose about 200 million years ago and exhibit high sequence conservation due to a common function as co-OBPs.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Ana Branquinho Bras, Jean-Baptiste Maranci, Zhongmei Yang, Charlotte Chaumereuil, Isabelle Arnulf
Summary: This study described the duration, motor patterns, and autonomic patterns associated with arousals in normal subjects across different sleep stages. The findings suggest that most arousals are associated with movements, indicating that arousal may be an intermediary state between wakefulness and sleep.
Review
Physiology
Rosario B. Jaime-Lara, Brianna E. Brooks, Carlotta Vizioli, Mari Chiles, Nafisa Nawal, Rodrigo S. E. Ortiz-Figueroa, Alicia A. Livinski, Khushbu Agarwal, Claudia Colina-Prisco, Natalia Iannarino, Aliya Hilmi, Hugo A. Tejeda, Paule V. Joseph
Summary: This systematic review summarizes emerging evidence examining the biological mechanisms of fat taste and smell. The existing literature suggests that proteins such as CD36 and GPR120 play important roles in fat chemosensation. Additionally, neural circuits, key brain regions, ingestive cues, postingestive signals, and genetic polymorphism are discussed in relation to fat perception and consumption.
PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Giuseppe Loddo, Giusy La Fauci, Luca Vignatelli, Corrado Zenesini, Rosalia Cilea, Francesco Mignani, Annagrazia Cecere, Susanna Mondini, Luca Baldelli, Francesca Bisulli, Laura Licchetta, Barbara Mostacci, Pietro Guaraldi, Giulia Giannini, Paolo Tinuper, Federica Provini
Summary: The Arousal Disorders Questionnaire (ADQ) showed good accuracy in screening patients with DoA in a sleep and epilepsy center setting and is helpful for diagnosing DoA.
Article
Neurosciences
Mi Lu, Wei Yu, Zhenjia Wang, Zhigang Huang
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the association between sleep arousals and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The results showed that high arousal index (ArI) was associated with an increased risk of coronary plaques and greater plaque volume, especially noncalcified and low-attenuation plaques, even after adjusting for established cardiovascular risk factors.
Article
Neurosciences
Dante Picchioni, Pinar S. Ozbay, Hendrik Mandelkow, Jacco A. de Zwart, Yicun Wang, Peter van Gelderen, Jeff H. Duyn
Summary: During sleep, slow waves of neuro-electrical activity aid in memory consolidation and also promote brain health by facilitating waste clearance through the regulation of vascular tone and cerebrospinal fluid flow.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Kirsi-Marja Zitting, Brandon J. Lockyer, Ali Azarbarzin, Scott A. Sands, Wei Wang, Andrew Wellman, Stuart F. Quan
Summary: The study investigates the timing between respiratory events and arousal during sleep. Analysis of sleep recordings reveals that 90% of arousal associated with respiratory events occur between 6 to 14 seconds after the events.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Chandrashekhar D. Patil, Rahul K. Suryawanshi, Divya Kapoor, Deepak Shukla
Summary: HSV-1 infection induces significant alterations in host metabolism, limiting the energy and macromolecular precursors required for viral replication. This study is of great importance for understanding the pathogenesis of HSV-1 infection.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Alice S. French, Quentin Geissmann, Esteban J. Beckwith, Giorgio F. Gilestro
Summary: During sleep, fruit flies exhibit the ability to perceive and discriminate the quality of external sensory stimuli and are more likely to wake up in response to salient stimuli. The salience of a stimulus during sleep can be modulated by internal states.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Thenral Socrates, Philipp Krisai, Andrea Meienberg, Michael Mayr, Thilo Burkard, Annina S. Vischer
Summary: The influence of cuff inflations on night-time measurements during 24 h ambulatory blood pressure (BP) measurements is unclear, and this study aimed to investigate its potential effect using a cuffless device. The results showed that cuff inflations did not have a significant impact on sleep parameters such as blood pressure and sleep efficiency.
Article
Medicine, Research & Experimental
Daphne O. Chylinski, Maxime Van Egroo, Justinas Narbutas, Martin Grignard, Ekaterina Koshmanova, Christian Berthomier, Pierre Berthomier, Marie Brandewinder, Eric Salmon, Mohamed Ali Bahri, Christine Bastin, Fabienne Collette, Christophe Phillips, Pierre Maquet, Vincenzo Muto, Gilles Vandewalle
Summary: This study found that arousals during sleep are diverse and have different associations with early AD-related neuropathology and cognition. Arousal types linked to sleep interruptions were positively correlated with Aβ burden, while those associated with maintaining sleep continuity were linked to lower Aβ burden and better cognition.
Article
Entomology
Torben Stemme, Sarah E. Pfeffer
Summary: This study investigates the neuronal pathways and general aspects of the nervous system of pseudoscorpions, revealing similarities to other animals in sensory systems. These similarities are crucial for understanding the functionality of sensory systems across different evolutionary origins.
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Jeremy A. Bigalke, Ian M. Greenlund, Jennifer R. Nicevski, Carl A. Smoot, Benjamin Oosterhoff, Neha A. John-Henderson, Jason R. Carter
Summary: Chronic insufficient sleep leads to physiological detriments, including cardiovascular complications. This study found that habitual short sleepers have an augmented heart rate recovery response to spontaneous arousals, potentially contributing to the link between insufficient sleep and cardiovascular risk. Sex differences in these associations were not observed.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Neurosciences
Lina Ni
Summary: IRs are a highly diverse subfamily of ionotropic glutamate receptors found in Protostomia, playing various roles in sensory systems. These receptors consist of stimulus-specific tuning receptors and coreceptors, forming functional ion channels for environmental detection. This review summarizes the structure, expression, and function of IR complexes and discusses future directions for IR studies.
FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Daniel Mauss, Maren Volmer-Thole, Raphael Herr, Jos A. Bosch, Joachim E. Fischer
Summary: This study revealed a stronger association between job stress and carotid artery intima media thickness in German employees over 50 years old, independent of medical risk factors and stress from private issues.
STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS
(2021)
Article
Dermatology
Christian Kromer, Emilia Loewe, Marthe-Lisa Schaarschmidt, Andreas Pinter, Sascha Gerdes, Raphael Herr, Sietske Poortinga, Rotraut Moessner, Dagmar Wilsmann-Theis
Summary: In this retrospective study of GPP treatment, it was found that biological therapies were more effective than non-biological therapies, especially IL-17 and IL-(12)/23 antagonists. Among different drugs, secukinumab had the highest drug survival rate, suggesting it may be considered as an early option in the treatment algorithm for GPP.
DERMATOLOGIC THERAPY
(2021)
Article
Gerontology
Catherin Bosle, Hermann Brenner, Joachim E. Fischer, Marc N. Jarczok, Ben Schottker, Laura Perna, Kristina Hoffmann, Raphael M. Herr
Summary: This study examined the relationships between different types of supportive social ties and autonomic nervous system (ANS) function in a German cohort of community-dwelling older adults. The findings suggest that supportive friendship ties are significantly positively associated with individuals who are either not married or above retirement age, while supportive family ties are significantly positively associated with individuals below retirement age.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Max Herke, Irene Moor, Kristina Winter, Miriam Hack, Stephanie Hoffmann, Jacob Spallek, Jennifer Hilger-Kolb, Raphael Herr, Claudia Pischke, Nico Dragano, Anna Novelli, Matthias Richter
Summary: This article synthesizes the evidence on the role of compositional or contextual characteristics of schools in the association between students' socioeconomic position and their health in developed economies. The study found that school characteristics have some impact on health inequalities, with the moderating effect of school composition on mental health and well-being being the most significant. However, the evidence for the role of other school characteristics such as school climate, school stratification, and food environment is weak.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Michaela Weber, Manuel Plew, Christine Neumann, Marietta Ostendorf, Raphael Herr, Joachim Fischer
Summary: This study investigates the perceived importance of hygiene and containment measures from the visitor's point of view during the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of disinfectant, transparent information on the hygiene strategy, reduced occupancy, and optimized ventilation are considered the most important measures. Abandoning breaks and catering is more important to men and older age groups. Women prioritize the use of disinfectant.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Petra Rattay, Miriam Blume, Benjamin Wachtler, Lina Wollgast, Jacob Spallek, Stephanie Hoffmann, Lydia Sander, Raphael Herr, Max Herke, Marvin Reuter, Anna Novelli, Claudia Hoevener
Summary: Although health inequalities in adolescence are well-documented, the mechanisms behind them remain unclear. This study highlights the important role of familial factors in explaining the association between family socioeconomic position and adolescents' self-rated health. Specifically, in female adolescents, a significant portion of the total effects of socioeconomic position on self-rated health was mediated by familial determinants, with parental well-being being the most important mediator.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Luisa L. Brokmeier, Catherin Bosle, Joachim E. Fischer, Raphael M. Herr
Summary: The study explores the longitudinal associations between changes in engaged well-being at work (EWB) and changes in job demands, resources, and job-related attitudes. The results suggest that job resources are more strongly related to higher EWB, while job demands have a negative association with improved EWB. Improving job characteristics, especially job resources, could increase employees' EWB and have a positive impact on job attitudes.
SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Raphael M. Herr, Freia De Bock, Katharina Diehl, Eva Wiedemann, Elena Sterdt, Miriam Blume, Stephanie Hoffmann, Max Herke, Marvin Reuter, Iryna Iashchenko, Sven Schneider
Summary: This study investigated the influence of parental socioeconomic position, family factors, and ECEC center characteristics on preschool children's BMI. The findings suggest that factors at both micro and meso levels play a role in determining children's BMI, with some gender differences. Identified factors at these levels are largely modifiable and can inform potential interventions to reduce obesity in preschool children.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Clemens Heiser, Armin Steffen, Patrick J. Strollo, Claire Giaie-Miniet, Olivier M. Vanderveken, Benedikt Hofauer
Summary: This study compared the effectiveness of hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS) and positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy for treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Through propensity score matching, no significant differences in outcomes were found between the two treatments. However, patients treated with HNS experienced significantly greater improvements in daytime sleepiness after 12 months.
SLEEP AND BREATHING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Raphael M. Herr, Wendy C. Birmingham, Frenk van Harreveld, Annelies E. M. van Vianen, Joachim E. Fischer, Jos A. Bosch
Summary: Research indicates that ambivalent leadership is related to mental health indicators, leading to higher stress levels and symptoms of mental ill-health among employees.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Raphael M. Herr, Luisa Leonie Brokmeier, Joachim E. Fischer, Daniel Mauss
Summary: This study examined the relationship between an employee-friendly work environment and employees' job attitudes and health using matched employer-employee data. The findings revealed that more employee-friendly companies had lower turnover intentions and better employee health compared to less employee-friendly companies.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Benedikt Hofauer, Andreas Roth, Clemens Heiser, Johannes Schukraft, Felix Johnson, Zhaojun Zhu, Andreas Knopf
Summary: Point shear wave elastography (pSWE) is a valuable tool for assessing salivary gland damage after therapy for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and the effectiveness of a liposomal saliva replacement therapy.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Raphael M. Herr, Annelies E. M. van Vianen, Catherin Bosle, Joachim E. Fischer
Summary: This study found that the relationship between job demands, job resources, work engagement, and mental health depends on different personality types. Job demands were found to be related to mental health, while job resources were primarily associated with work engagement.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Meeting Abstract
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
M. Blume, P. Rattay, S. Hoffmann, J. Spallek, L. Sander, R. Herr, I Moor, C. R. Pischke, I. Iashchenko, C. Hoevener
Meeting Abstract
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
R. Herr, A. Mayer, E. Wiedemann, K. Diehl, F. De Bock, M. Blume, S. Hoffmann, M. Herke, M. Reuter, I. Iashchenko, S. Schneider
