While insomnia is the second most common mental disorder, progress in our understanding
of underlying neurobiological mechanisms has been limited. The present review addresses …

The aim of this paper is to review the literature on human thermal comfort in the built
environment. First an overview about the subject area is presented. This is followed by a …

How did humans sleep before the modern era? Because the tools to measure sleep under
natural conditions were developed long after the invention of the electric devices suspected …

Meta-analyses and systematic reviews have reported surprisingly few consistent insomnia-
characteristics with respect to cognitions, mood, traits, history of life events and family …

Background The restorative effect of sleep on waking brain activity remains poorly
understood. Previous studies have compared overall neural network characteristics after …

Mammals, including humans, prepare for sleep by nesting and/or curling up, creating
microclimates of skin warmth. To address whether external warmth induces sleep through …

Purpose Although sleep is important for healing, sleep deprivation is a major concern for
patients in hospitals. The purpose of this review is to consolidate the observational and …

This article is largely based on the recommendations of the AARP's Global Council on Brain
Health (GCBH) and aims to provide an overview of evidence from current literature and …

Sleep in mammals is accompanied by a decrease in core body temperature (CBT). The
circadian clock in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus regulates daily rhythms in both …

The circadian clock regulates diurnal variations in autonomic thermoregulatory processes
such as core body temperature in humans. Thus, we might expect that similar daily …