Sleep and anxiety: From mechanisms to interventions

SL Chellappa, D Aeschbach - Sleep medicine reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Anxiety is the most common mental health problem worldwide. Epidemiological studies
show that sleep disturbances, particularly insomnia, affect∼ 50% of individuals with anxiety …

Insomnia disorder: State of the science and challenges for the future

D Riemann, F Benz, RJ Dressle… - Journal of sleep …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Insomnia disorder comprises symptoms during night and day that strongly affect quality of
life and wellbeing. Prolonged sleep latency, difficulties to maintain sleep and early morning …

[HTML][HTML] Brain mechanisms of insomnia: new perspectives on causes and consequences

EJW Van Someren - Physiological reviews, 2021‏ - journals.physiology.org
While insomnia is the second most common mental disorder, progress in our understanding
of underlying neurobiological mechanisms has been limited. The present review addresses …

Hyperarousal in insomnia disorder: Current evidence and potential mechanisms

RJ Dressle, D Riemann - Journal of Sleep Research, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Insomnia disorder is among the most frequent mental disorders, making research on its
aetiology and pathophysiology particularly important. A unifying element of many …

Overnight neuronal plasticity and adaptation to emotional distress

Y Cabrera, KJ Koymans, GR Poe, HW Kessels… - Nature Reviews …, 2024‏ - nature.com
Expressions such as 'sleep on it'refer to the resolution of distressing experiences across a
night of sound sleep. Sleep is an active state during which the brain reorganizes the …

Restless REM sleep impedes overnight amygdala adaptation

R Wassing, O Lakbila-Kamal, JR Ramautar, D Stoffers… - Current Biology, 2019‏ - cell.com
Animal studies show that insufficient silencing of the locus coeruleus (LC) during REM sleep
impairs sleep-related brain plasticity. Restless REM sleep, a characteristic of several …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescent sleep and the foundations of prefrontal cortical development and dysfunction

PG Anastasiades, L De Vivo, M Bellesi… - Progress in …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Modern life poses many threats to good-quality sleep, challenging brain health across the
lifespan. Curtailed or fragmented sleep may be particularly damaging during adolescence …

Affect and arousal in insomnia: through a lens of neuroimaging studies

JE Schiel, F Holub, R Petri, J Leerssen, S Tamm… - Current Psychiatry …, 2020‏ - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Previous research has struggled with identifying clear-cut,
objective counterparts to subjective distress in insomnia. Approaching this discrepancy with …

Altered thalamic connectivity in insomnia disorder during wakefulness and sleep

G Zou, Y Li, J Liu, S Zhou, J Xu, L Qin… - Human brain …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Insomnia disorder is the most common sleep disorder and has drawn increasing attention.
Many studies have shown that hyperarousal plays a key role in the pathophysiology of …

Increased connectivity of the anterior cingulate cortex is associated with the tendency to awakening during N2 sleep in patients with insomnia disorder

Y Guo, G Zou, Y Shao, J Chen, Y Li, J Liu, P Yao… - Sleep, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives To investigate the relationship between sleep transition dynamics
and stage-specific functional connectivity (FC) of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) in …