Review
Behavioral Sciences
Lv Zhou, Jingting Kong, Xiaoli Li, Qingguo Ren
Summary: Sleep disorders, such as insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing, can affect the quality and duration of sleep, as well as abnormal sleep behavior. These disorders often coexist with medical or mental health conditions. Researchers are particularly interested in how sleep disorders contribute to cognitive dysfunction, but the exact mechanisms are still unclear. Additionally, the influence of sex differences on cognitive impairments caused by sleep disorders is not well understood. This review examines the impact of sleep disorders on cognitive impairment, investigates the gender-specific consequences of sleep disorders as a risk factor for dementia, and suggests areas for further research.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Annette Estes, Jeffrey Munson, Tanya St John, Robin Finlayson, Juhi Pandey, Bridget Gottlieb, John Herrington, Robert T. Schultz
Summary: Sleep problems are more prevalent and diverse in school-age females with autism compared to males with autism and typically developing children. Current assessment and intervention practices for autism should pay more attention to sleep problems in school-age females with autism and to anxiety in males with autism to improve well-being and behavioral and health outcomes.
Article
Neurosciences
Damien Dupont, Jian-Sheng Lin, Francois Peyron, Hideo Akaoka, Martine Wallon
Summary: The study demonstrated that Toxoplasma gondii infection can lead to chronic alterations in sleep-wake states in mice, characterized by increased time spent awake, increased cortical EEG theta power density, and decreased slow-wave sleep. These effects can be alleviated by anti-inflammatory treatment with corticosteroid dexamethasone, shedding light on the neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders reported in infected patients.
CNS NEUROSCIENCE & THERAPEUTICS
(2021)
Article
Biology
Manuel Spitschan, Nayantara Santhi, Amrita Ahluwalia, Dorothee Fischer, Lilian Hunt, Natasha A. Karp, Francis Levi, Ines Pineda-Torra, Parisa Vidafar, Rhiannon White
Summary: Growing evidence suggests that sex differences have a significant impact on various aspects of human biology. This review focuses on exploring the influence of sex on the circadian and sleep physiology of humans and identifies a data gap in investigating the non-visual effects of light. A virtual workshop on the biomedical implications of sex differences in sleep and circadian physiology highlights the need for inclusive and accessible research design, recruitment strategies to achieve a balanced sample size, utilization of data visualization to understand the influence of sex, statistical analyses that incorporate sex as a factor, and making participant-level data open for future meta-analytic efforts.
Review
Neurosciences
Shi-Yu Sun, Gui-Hai Chen
Summary: Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders are a distinct class of sleep disorders caused by alterations to the circadian time-keeping system or a mismatch between internal and external circadian rhythms. Insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness are the main clinical manifestations. Diagnostic evaluation should focus on sleep diaries, circadian phase markers, and environmental factors for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
CURRENT NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
R. Cappadona, A. De Giorgi, E. Di Simone, B. Zucchi, M. A. Rodriguez-Borrego, P. J. Lopez-Soto, F. Fabbian, R. Manfredini
Summary: Sleep disorders appear to be more common in women, while sex-related differences exist for dreams and nightmares. Differences related to dreams include dream content, self-reported perspective, dream sharing, lucid dreaming, and daydreaming. Nightmares are more frequent in women and are often associated with sleep disorders and psychiatric disorders like depression and anxiety.
EUROPEAN REVIEW FOR MEDICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tommaso Banfi, Nicolo Valigi, Marco di Galante, Paola d'Ascanio, Gastone Ciuti, Ugo Faraguna
Summary: This study introduces a novel end-to-end algorithm for efficient on-device sleep tracking using wearable accelerometric devices, utilizing convolutional neural network to process raw accelerometric signals. By comparing the algorithm outcomes with gold standard polysomnographic concurrent recordings, it is found that the algorithm demonstrates relatively high agreement and low computational cost, making it suitable for on-board sleep detection approach.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Elisabet Torrubia-Perez, Silvia Reverte-Villarroya, Jose Fernandez-Saez, Maria-Antonia Martorell-Poveda
Summary: This study analyzed the prevalence of psychosomatic disorders in a rural area and found significant differences based on sex and age. Women showed a higher probability of suffering from most of these health issues, and the older the age group, the greater the probability of developing a disorder.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Ryan J. Keenan, Heather Daykin, Jiahui Chu, Linda Cornthwaite-Duncan, Giancarlo Allocca, Daniel Hoyer, Laura H. Jacobson
Summary: This study investigates the effects of sleep-promoting compounds in transgenic mouse models of tauopathy and finds that these compounds can effectively improve sleep disturbances. The results also suggest that there may be gender differences in the response to hypnotics, which could have implications for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders in humans.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jana Tchekalarova, Lidia Kortenska, Pencho Marinov, Natasha Ivanova
Summary: This study explored the effects of Piromelatine (Pir) on rats with prenatal stress (PNS), showing that Pir can improve the disrupted sleep/wake cycle caused by PNS. The mechanism of action involves activation of MT receptors and increased BDNF expression in the hippocampus.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Gorica Micic, Nicole Lovato, Sally A. Ferguson, Helen J. Burgess, Leon Lack
Summary: The study investigated the biological and behavioral rhythm period lengths in patients with DSWPD and N24SWD, finding significantly longer circadian rhythms in these patients. Some DSWPD patients did not have abnormal delayed circadian rhythm timings, suggesting a potential abnormal phase relationship between biological rhythms and behavioral sleep periods.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Monica H. Keith, Mark Flinn, Harly J. Durbin, Troy N. Rowan, Gregory E. Blomquist, Kristen H. Taylor, Jeremy F. Taylor, Jared E. Decker
Summary: The Caribbean region is genetically diverse, with Dominica showing unique patterns of migration, mixture, and isolation. African ancestry is the predominant component, followed by European and indigenous components. The genetic results support local narratives about the community's history and founding.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
George Howard
Summary: Rural-urban health disparities in life expectancy, particularly in stroke mortality, have been growing in recent years. The disparity increased from 15% to 25% between 1999 and 2010, but decreased to 8% by 2019. The recent decrease in disparity seems to be driven by a plateauing of stroke mortality in urban areas and a continued decline in rural areas.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Li Ran, Qi Chen, Jingyi Zhang, Xinlong Tu, Xiaodong Tan, Yuting Zhang
Summary: The research found that approximately 34.2% of hypertensive patients are accompanied by osteoarthritis, and 49.1% are suffering from poor sleep quality. Additionally, both hyperlipemia/hyperglycemia and sleep quality are related to osteoarthritis prevalence.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Anke Wouters, Lauranne Scheldeman, Hannelore Liessens, Patrick Dupont, Florent Boutitie, Bastian Cheng, Martin Ebinger, Matthias Endres, Jochen B. Fiebach, Christian Gerloff, Keith W. Muir, Norbert Nighoghossian, Salvador Pedraza, Claus Z. Simonsen, Vincent Thijs, Goetz Thomalla, Robin Lemmens
Summary: This study aimed to explore the differences between women and men in acute ischemic stroke. The results showed that although there were more men in the WAKE-UP trial, sex did not modify the treatment effect of alteplase.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2023)