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Circadian rhythm of PERIOD2::LUCIFERASE expression in the trigeminal ganglion of mice
IntroductionThe trigeminal nerve conveys delicate sensations such as warmth, pain, and tactile pressure in the oral and facial regions, and most trigeminal afferent cell bodies are located in the trigeminal ganglion. Our previous study has shown t...
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Editorial: Crossing brain barriers in health and disease: Impact of circadian rhythms
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A risk-predictive model for obstructive sleep apnea in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
BackgroundObstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) is increasingly reported in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Our research aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with overlap syndrome (OS) and develop ...
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Associations between resting state brain activity and A1 adenosine receptor availability in the healthy brain: Effects of acute sleep deprivation
IntroductionPrevious resting-state fMRI (Rs-fMRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) studies have shown that sleep deprivation (SD) affects both spontaneous brain activity and A1 adenosine receptor (A1AR) availability. Nevertheless, the hypoth...
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Total sleep deprivation selectively impairs motor preparation sub-stages in visual search task: Evidence from lateralized readiness potentials
IntroductionMany studies have provided evidence of a damage effect triggered by total sleep deprivation (TSD). However, it remains unclear whether the motor preparation processing is affected by TSD.MethodsIn the current study, 23 volunteers perfo...
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Locus coeruleus and the defensive activation theory of rapid eye movement sleep: A mechanistic perspective
The defensive activation theory (DAT) was recently proposed to explain the biological function of dreaming. Briefly, DAT states that dreams are primarily visual to prevent plastic take-over of an otherwise inactive visual cortex during sleep. Evid...
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Seasonality of human sleep: Polysomnographic data of a neuropsychiatric sleep clinic
While short-term effects of artificial light on human sleep are increasingly being studied, reports on long-term effects induced by season are scarce. Assessments of subjective sleep length over the year suggest a substantially longer sleep period...
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The disruptive relationship among circadian rhythms, pain, and opioids
Pain behavior and the systems that mediate opioid analgesia and opioid reward processing display circadian rhythms. Moreover, the pain system and opioid processing systems, including the mesolimbic reward circuitry, reciprocally interact with the ...
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