Sleep is considered essential for the brain and body. A predominant concept is that sleep is
regulated by circadian rhythmicity and sleep homeostasis, processes that were posited to be …

Balneotherapy and exercise are potential factors influencing sleep through several
physiological pathways and relaxing effects. This review aims to assess whether …

[Frontiers in Bioscience 15, 604-625, January 1, 2010] 604 The interrelationship between sleep
regulation and thermoregulation K Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 15, 604-625, January 1 …

The possibility of inducing a suspended animation state similar to natural torpor would be
greatly beneficial in medical science, since it would avoid the adverse consequence of the …

The definition of what sleep is depends on the method that is applied to record sleep.
Behavioral and (electro)-physiological measures of sleep clearly overlap in mammals and …

Ambient temperature (T a) warming toward the high end of the thermoneutral zone (TNZ)
preferentially increases rapid eye movement (REM) sleep over non-REM (NREM) sleep …

Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) and a genetic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD178) are
clinically different prion disorders linked to the D178N prion protein (PrP) mutation. The …

The recently renewed focus on the human exploration of outer space has boosted the
interest toward a variety of questions regarding health of astronauts and cosmonauts …

Abstract Study Objectives: Sleep-wake disturbances are often reported in Prader-Willi
syndrome (PWS), a rare neurodevelopmental syndrome that is associated with paternally …

Our modern society suffers from both pervasive sleep loss and substance abuse—what may
be the indications for sleep on substance use disorders (SUDs), and could sleep contribute …