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

During sleep, animals do not eat, reproduce or forage. Sleeping animals are vulnerable to
predation. Yet, the persistence of sleep despite evolutionary pressures, and the deleterious …

Clinical practice related to sleep problems and sleep disorders has been expanding rapidly
in the last few years, but scientific research is not keeping pace. Sleep apnea, insomnia, and …

To assess whether habitual sleep duration or insomnia increase the incidence of
hypertension. PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane were searched without language restriction …

Dreaming has fascinated and mystified humankind for ages: the bizarre and evanescent
qualities of dreams have invited boundless speculation about their origin, meaning and …

Many immune parameters show systematic fluctuations over the 24‐h day in human blood.
Circulating naive T‐cells and production of proinflammatory cytokines, like interleukin‐12 (IL …

The obesity epidemic is a global issue and shows no signs of abating, while the cause of
this epidemic remains unclear. Marketing practices of energy-dense foods and institutionally …

Rationale: Despite substantial public interest, few recommendations on the promotion of
good sleep health exist to educate health care providers and the general public on the …

Chronic sleep loss as a consequence of voluntary bedtime restriction is an endemic
condition in modern society. Although sleep exerts marked modulatory effects on glucose …

Levels of numerous hormones vary across the day and night. Such fluctuations are not only
attributable to changes in sleep/wakefulness and other behaviors but also to a circadian …