Jelisej
03-22-2013, 02:49 PM
Interesting article about sleep with charts showing different aspects of sleep, hormonal interactions during the sleep etc... ScienceDirect.com - Encyclopedia of Sleep - Endocrinology of Sleep (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123786104001157)
Few bits from article : -Cortisol appears to promote REM sleep.
-A reciprocal interaction of the sleep-promoting peptide growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and the sleep-impairing corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) plays a key role in sleep regulation.
-The influence of peptides on sleep depends on age, sex, and time of administration. For example, GHRH impairs sleep in women, opposite to its effects in men.
Another article:ScienceDirect.com - International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Disorders: Psychiatric Aspects (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0080430767037189)
Abstract:
Insomnia, a more or less chronic sleep disturbance, is a subjective complaint describing the perception of disturbed or inadequate sleep i.e. sleep that is difficult to initiate or maintain, or that is non-refreshing or non-restorative, and is usually associated with changes in daytime functioning and wellbeing. Causes include medical diseases, psychiatric disorders, drugs both prescribed and non-prescribed (including alcohol), behavioral factors, circadian dysrhythmias and primary sleep disorders. Risk factors for somnipathies are psychic stress or psychiatric illness. More severe sleep difficulties were found to be clearly related to psychiatric illness such as depression and phobias, as well as addiction.
Neurochemical regulation of sleep: ScienceDirect.com - Journal of Psychiatric Research - Neurochemical regulation of sleep (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395606000719)
Role of Sleep and Sleep Loss in Hormonal Release and Metabolism:Role of Sleep and Sleep Loss in Hormonal Release and Metabolism (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065172/)
Very good read: Sleep- general information:SleepInformation about Sleep (http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guide/info-sleep.htm)
Lack of sleep alters hormones, metabolism (http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/991202/sleep.shtml)
-Chronic sleep loss can reduce the capacity of even young adults to perform basic metabolic functions, such as processing and storing carbohydrates or regulating hormone secretion, report researchers from the University’s medical center in a recent issue of The Lancet.
-Cutting back on sleep is an extremely common response to the time pressures of modern industrial societies. The average night’s sleep decreased from about nine hours in 1910 to about 7.5 hours in 1975, a trend that continues.
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Few bits from article : -Cortisol appears to promote REM sleep.
-A reciprocal interaction of the sleep-promoting peptide growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and the sleep-impairing corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) plays a key role in sleep regulation.
-The influence of peptides on sleep depends on age, sex, and time of administration. For example, GHRH impairs sleep in women, opposite to its effects in men.
Another article:ScienceDirect.com - International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences - Sleep Disorders: Psychiatric Aspects (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B0080430767037189)
Abstract:
Insomnia, a more or less chronic sleep disturbance, is a subjective complaint describing the perception of disturbed or inadequate sleep i.e. sleep that is difficult to initiate or maintain, or that is non-refreshing or non-restorative, and is usually associated with changes in daytime functioning and wellbeing. Causes include medical diseases, psychiatric disorders, drugs both prescribed and non-prescribed (including alcohol), behavioral factors, circadian dysrhythmias and primary sleep disorders. Risk factors for somnipathies are psychic stress or psychiatric illness. More severe sleep difficulties were found to be clearly related to psychiatric illness such as depression and phobias, as well as addiction.
Neurochemical regulation of sleep: ScienceDirect.com - Journal of Psychiatric Research - Neurochemical regulation of sleep (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395606000719)
Role of Sleep and Sleep Loss in Hormonal Release and Metabolism:Role of Sleep and Sleep Loss in Hormonal Release and Metabolism (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3065172/)
Very good read: Sleep- general information:SleepInformation about Sleep (http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements/nih3/sleep/guide/info-sleep.htm)
Lack of sleep alters hormones, metabolism (http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/991202/sleep.shtml)
-Chronic sleep loss can reduce the capacity of even young adults to perform basic metabolic functions, such as processing and storing carbohydrates or regulating hormone secretion, report researchers from the University’s medical center in a recent issue of The Lancet.
-Cutting back on sleep is an extremely common response to the time pressures of modern industrial societies. The average night’s sleep decreased from about nine hours in 1910 to about 7.5 hours in 1975, a trend that continues.
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