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Bushana PN, Schmidt MA, Chang KM, Vuong T, Sorg BA, Wisor JP. Effect of N-Acetylcysteine on Sleep: Impacts of Sex and Time of Day. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:1124. [PMID: 37237990 PMCID: PMC10215863 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12051124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREMS) is accompanied by a decrease in cerebral metabolism, which reduces the consumption of glucose as a fuel source and decreases the overall accumulation of oxidative stress in neural and peripheral tissues. Enabling this metabolic shift towards a reductive redox environment may be a central function of sleep. Therefore, biochemical manipulations that potentiate cellular antioxidant pathways may facilitate this function of sleep. N-acetylcysteine increases cellular antioxidant capacity by serving as a precursor to glutathione. In mice, we observed that intraperitoneal administration of N-acetylcysteine at a time of day when sleep drive is naturally high accelerated the onset of sleep and reduced NREMS delta power. Additionally, N-acetylcysteine administration suppressed slow and beta electroencephalographic (EEG) activities during quiet wake, further demonstrating the fatigue-inducing properties of antioxidants and the impact of redox balance on cortical circuit properties related to sleep drive. These results implicate redox reactions in the homeostatic dynamics of cortical network events across sleep/wake cycles, illustrating the value of timing antioxidant administration relative to sleep/wake cycles. A systematic review of the relevant literature, summarized herein, indicates that this "chronotherapeutic hypothesis" is unaddressed within the clinical literature on antioxidant therapy for brain disorders such as schizophrenia. We, therefore, advocate for studies that systematically address the relationship between the time of day at which an antioxidant therapy is administered relative to sleep/wake cycles and the therapeutic benefit of that antioxidant treatment in brain disorders.
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- Priyanka N. Bushana
- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA; (P.N.B.); (M.A.S.); (K.M.C.); (T.V.)
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- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA; (P.N.B.); (M.A.S.); (K.M.C.); (T.V.)
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- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA; (P.N.B.); (M.A.S.); (K.M.C.); (T.V.)
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- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA; (P.N.B.); (M.A.S.); (K.M.C.); (T.V.)
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- R.S. Dow Neurobiology Laboratories, Legacy Research Institute, Portland, OR 97232, USA;
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- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA; (P.N.B.); (M.A.S.); (K.M.C.); (T.V.)
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Deliens G, Peigneux P. Sleep-behaviour relationship in children with autism spectrum disorder: methodological pitfalls and insights from cognition and sensory processing. Dev Med Child Neurol 2019; 61:1368-1376. [PMID: 30968406 DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sleep disturbances are frequent and varied in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Growing evidence suggests that sleep problems in children with ASD are driven by their clinical characteristics and psychiatric comorbidities. Therefore, the wide range of reported sleep disturbances reflects the marked heterogeneity of clinical pictures in ASD. Whether sleep disturbances and their various forms may, in turn, account for at least part of the phenotypical variability of ASD is a crucial question discussed in this review. We first outline studies both validating and challenging a bidirectional theoretical framework for sleep disorders in children with ASD. We then propose to extend this model by including cognition and sensory processing as key factors in the vicious circle linking sleep disorders and autistic symptoms. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: There is a bidirectional interplay between autism symptoms and sleep disturbances. Sleep influence on daytime cognitive and sensory skills should be further investigated.
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- Gaétane Deliens
- Autism in Context: Theory and Experiment (ACTE), Center for Research in Linguistics (LaDisco), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.,Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.,Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Group, Center for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Enhanced high-frequency precuneus-cortical effective connectivity is associated with decreased sensory gating following total sleep deprivation. Neuroimage 2019; 197:255-263. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.04.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Effects of sleep extension on cognitive/motor performance and motivation in military tactical athletes. Sleep Med 2019; 58:48-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pizzimenti NM, Savino AK, McCarthy MT. Sleep correlates of brain network activation and clinical measures in youth American football players. TRANSLATIONAL SPORTS MEDICINE 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/tsm2.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kishi A, Van Dongen HPA, Natelson BH, Bender AM, Palombini LO, Bittencourt L, Tufik S, Ayappa I, Rapoport DM. Sleep continuity is positively correlated with sleep duration in laboratory nighttime sleep recordings. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0175504. [PMID: 28394943 PMCID: PMC5386280 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sleep duration varies widely across individuals and appears to be trait-like. Differences in the stability of underlying sleep processes may underlie this phenomenon. To investigate underlying mechanisms, we examined the relationship between sleep duration and sleep continuity in baseline polysomnography (PSG) recordings from three independently collected datasets: 1) 134 healthy controls (ages 37 ± 13 years) from the São Paulo Epidemiologic Sleep Study, who spent one night in a sleep laboratory, 2) 21 obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients who were treated with continuous positive airway pressure for at least 2 months (45 ± 12 years, respiratory disturbance index <15), who spent one night in a sleep laboratory with previous experience of multiple PSG studies, and 3) 62 healthy controls (28 ± 6 years) who, as part of larger experiments, spent 2 consecutive nights in a sleep laboratory. For each dataset, we used total sleep time (TST) to separate subjects into those with shorter sleep (S-TST) and those with longer sleep (L-TST). In all three datasets, survival curves of continuous sleep segments showed greater sleep continuity in L-TST than in S-TST. Correlation analyses with TST as a continuous variable corroborated the results; and the results also held true after controlling for age. There were no significant differences in baseline waking performance and sleepiness between S-TST and L-TST. In conclusion, in both healthy controls and treated OSA patients, sleep continuity was positively correlated with sleep duration. These findings suggest that S-TST may differ from L-TST in processes underlying sleep continuity, shedding new light on mechanisms underlying individual differences in sleep duration.
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- Akifumi Kishi
- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Pain & Fatigue Study Center, Beth Israel Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- * E-mail:
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- Sleep and Performance Research Center, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, United States of America
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- Pain & Fatigue Study Center, Beth Israel Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Sleep and Performance Research Center, Washington State University, Spokane, Washington, United States of America
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- Disciplina de Medicina e Biologia do Sono, Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Medicina e Biologia do Sono, Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Disciplina de Medicina e Biologia do Sono, Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Leger D, Bayon V, de Sanctis A. The role of sleep in the regulation of body weight. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2015; 418 Pt 2:101-7. [PMID: 26123586 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2015.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Sleep participates in the regulation of body weight. The amount of sleep and synchronization of the biological clock are both necessary to achieve the energy balance and the secretion of hormones that contribute to weight regulation. In this review, we first reconsider what normal physiological sleep is and what the normative values of sleep are in the general population. Second, we explain how the biological clock regulates the hormones that may be involved in weight control. Third, we provide some recent data on how sleep may be disturbed by sleep disorders or reduced by sleep debt with consequences on weight. Finally, we explore the relationships between sleep debt and obesity.
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- Damien Leger
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, APHP, Hôtel Dieu, Centre du Sommeil et de la Vigilance de l'Hôtel Dieu de Paris, Equipe d'accueil VIFASOM EA, Paris, France.
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, APHP, Hôtel Dieu, Centre du Sommeil et de la Vigilance de l'Hôtel Dieu de Paris, Equipe d'accueil VIFASOM EA, Paris, France
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- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, APHP, Hôtel Dieu, Centre du Sommeil et de la Vigilance de l'Hôtel Dieu de Paris, Equipe d'accueil VIFASOM EA, Paris, France
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Ettinger U, Kumari V. Effects of sleep deprivation on inhibitory biomarkers of schizophrenia: implications for drug development. Lancet Psychiatry 2015; 2:1028-35. [PMID: 26544751 DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(15)00313-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2015] [Revised: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Development of drugs for the treatment of the clinical symptoms and cognitive deficits of schizophrenia is unsatisfactory, with many initially promising compounds not showing beneficial effects in clinical studies. Experimental model systems of schizophrenia combined with well-validated biomarkers are urgently needed to provide early indicators of effectiveness. Herein, we argue that experimentally controlled sleep deprivation represents a translational model system that can be studied in combination with neurocognitive biomarkers. Specifically, we review data on the psychotomimetic effects of sleep deprivation in healthy human beings and provide evidence of the psychosis-like deficits in translational inhibitory biomarkers-prepulse inhibition and antisaccades-that occur after sleep deprivation. These data support the use of the sleep deprivation model in combination with biomarkers with excellent psychometric properties and well-characterised neural mechanisms, such as prepulse inhibition and antisaccades, to substantially advance development of drugs with antipsychotic or pro-cognitive effects.
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- Ulrich Ettinger
- Department of Psychology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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- Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Leproult R, Deliens G, Gilson M, Peigneux P. Beneficial impact of sleep extension on fasting insulin sensitivity in adults with habitual sleep restriction. Sleep 2015; 38:707-15. [PMID: 25348128 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.4660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES A link between sleep loss and increased risk for the development of diabetes is now well recognized. The current study investigates whether sleep extension under real-life conditions is a feasible intervention with a beneficial impact on glucose metabolism in healthy adults who are chronically sleep restricted. DESIGN Intervention study. PARTICIPANTS Sixteen healthy non-obese volunteers (25 [23, 27.8] years old, 3 men). INTERVENTIONS Two weeks of habitual time in bed followed by 6 weeks during which participants were instructed to increase their time in bed by one hour per day. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Continuous actigraphy monitoring and daily sleep logs during the entire study. Glucose and insulin were assayed on a single morning blood sample at the end of habitual time in bed and at the end of sleep extension. Home polysomnography was performed during one weekday of habitual time in bed and after 40 days of sleep extension. Sleep time during weekdays increased (mean actigraphic data: +44 ± 34 minutes, P < 0.0001; polysomnographic data: +49 ± 68 minutes, P = 0.014), without any significant change during weekends. Changes from habitual time in bed to the end of the intervention in total sleep time correlated with changes in glucose (r = +0.53, P = 0.041) and insulin levels (r = -0.60, P = 0.025), as well as with indices of insulin sensitivity (r = +0.76, P = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS In healthy adults who are chronically sleep restricted, a simple low cost intervention such as sleep extension is feasible and is associated with improvements in fasting insulin sensitivity.
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- Rachel Leproult
- Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium.,CO3-Consciousness, Cognition & Computation Group, Center for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences and the ULB Neuroscience Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
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Zabelina DL, O'Leary D, Pornpattananangkul N, Nusslock R, Beeman M. Creativity and sensory gating indexed by the P50: selective versus leaky sensory gating in divergent thinkers and creative achievers. Neuropsychologia 2015; 69:77-84. [PMID: 25623426 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Creativity has previously been linked with atypical attention, but it is not clear what aspects of attention, or what types of creativity are associated. Here we investigated specific neural markers of a very early form of attention, namely sensory gating, indexed by the P50 ERP, and how it relates to two measures of creativity: divergent thinking and real-world creative achievement. Data from 84 participants revealed that divergent thinking (assessed with the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking) was associated with selective sensory gating, whereas real-world creative achievement was associated with "leaky" sensory gating, both in zero-order correlations and when controlling for academic test scores in a regression. Thus both creativity measures related to sensory gating, but in opposite directions. Additionally, divergent thinking and real-world creative achievement did not interact in predicting P50 sensory gating, suggesting that these two creativity measures orthogonally relate to P50 sensory gating. Finally, the ERP effect was specific to the P50 - neither divergent thinking nor creative achievement were related to later components, such as the N100 and P200. Overall results suggest that leaky sensory gating may help people integrate ideas that are outside of focus of attention, leading to creativity in the real world; whereas divergent thinking, measured by divergent thinking tests which emphasize numerous responses within a limited time, may require selective sensory processing more than previously thought.
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- Darya L Zabelina
- Northwestern University, 104 Cresap Hall, 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
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- Northwestern University, 104 Cresap Hall, 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Northwestern University, 104 Cresap Hall, 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Northwestern University, 104 Cresap Hall, 2029 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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Léger D, Beck F, Richard JB, Sauvet F, Faraut B. The risks of sleeping "too much". Survey of a National Representative Sample of 24671 adults (INPES health barometer). PLoS One 2014; 9:e106950. [PMID: 25226585 PMCID: PMC4165901 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background A significant U-shaped association between sleep duration and several morbidity (obesity, diabetes or cardiovascular disease) and mortality risks has been regularly reported. However, although the physiological pathways and risks associated with “too short sleep” (<5 hours/day) have been well demonstrated, little is known about “too much sleeping”. Purpose To explore socio-demographic characteristics and comorbidities of “long sleepers” (over 10 hours/day) from a nationally representative sample of adults. Methods A cross-sectional nationally representative sample of 24,671 subjects from 15 to 85-year-old. An estimated total sleep time (TST) on non-leisure days was calculated based on a specifically designed sleep log which allows to distinguish “long sleepers” from “short sleepers” (<5 hours/day). Insomnia was assessed according to the International classification of sleep disorders (ICSD-2). Results The average TST was 7 hours and 13 minutes (+/− 17 minutes). Six hundred and twelve subjects were “long sleepers” (2.7%) and 1969 “short sleepers” (7.5%). Compared to the whole group, “long sleepers” were more often female, younger (15–25 year-old) or older (above 65 year-old), with no academic degree, mostly clerks and blue collar workers. “Long sleepers” were significantly more likely to have psychiatric diseases and a greater body mass index (BMI). However, long sleep was not significantly associated with the presence of any other chronic medical disease assessed. Conversely, short sleep duration was significantly associated with almost all the other chronic diseases assessed. Conclusions In the general population, sleeping too much was associated with psychiatric diseases and higher BMI, but not with other chronic medical diseases.
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- Damien Léger
- Centre du Sommeil et de la Vigilance, Hôtel Dieu, APHP, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- VIFASOM, équipe d'accueil Vigilance Fatigue et Sommeil, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- VIFASOM, équipe d'accueil Vigilance Fatigue et Sommeil, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Equipe Cesames (centre de recherche médecine, sciences, santé, santé mentale, société, Université Paris Descartes/CNRS UMR 8211/Inserm U988/EHESS), Cermes 3, Direction des Affaires Scientifiques INPES, Saint Denis, France
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- VIFASOM, équipe d'accueil Vigilance Fatigue et Sommeil, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Equipe Cesames (centre de recherche médecine, sciences, santé, santé mentale, société, Université Paris Descartes/CNRS UMR 8211/Inserm U988/EHESS), Cermes 3, Direction des Affaires Scientifiques INPES, Saint Denis, France
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- VIFASOM, équipe d'accueil Vigilance Fatigue et Sommeil, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- Institut de recherche biomédicale des armées (IRBA), Brétigny-sur-Orge, France
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- Centre du Sommeil et de la Vigilance, Hôtel Dieu, APHP, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
- VIFASOM, équipe d'accueil Vigilance Fatigue et Sommeil, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Tasali E, Chapotot F, Wroblewski K, Schoeller D. The effects of extended bedtimes on sleep duration and food desire in overweight young adults: a home-based intervention. Appetite 2014; 80:220-4. [PMID: 24858836 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2014] [Revised: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Sleep curtailment is an endemic behavior in modern society. Well-controlled laboratory studies have shown that sleep loss in young adults is associated with increased desire for high-calorie food and obesity risk. However, the relevance of these laboratory findings to real life is uncertain. We conducted a 3 week, within-participant, intervention study to assess the effects of extended bedtimes on sleep duration and food desire under real life conditions in individuals who are at risk for obesity. METHODS Ten overweight young adults reporting average habitual sleep duration of less than 6.5 h were studied in the home environment. Habitual bedtimes for 1-week (baseline) were followed by bedtimes extended to 8.5 h for 2-weeks (intervention). Participants were unaware of the intervention until after the baseline period. Participants received individualized behavioral counseling on sleep hygiene on the first day of the intervention period. Sleep duration was recorded by wrist actigraphy throughout the study. Participants rated their sleepiness, vigor and desire for various foods using visual analog scales at the end of baseline and intervention periods. RESULTS On average, participants obtained 1.6 h more sleep with extended bedtimes (5.6 vs. 7.1; P < 0.001) and reported being less sleepy (P = 0.004) and more vigorous (P = 0.034). Additional sleep was associated with a 14% decrease in overall appetite (P = 0.030) and a 62% decrease in desire for sweet and salty foods (P = 0.017). Desire for fruits, vegetables and protein-rich nutrients was not affected by added sleep. CONCLUSIONS Sleep duration can be successfully increased in real life settings and obtaining adequate sleep is associated with less desire for high calorie foods in overweight young adults who habitually curtail their sleep.
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- Esra Tasali
- Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, MC6026, 5841 South Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, MC6026, 5841 South Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
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