Association between sleep disturbance at age 10 years and suicidal behavior at age 12 years. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.33734 Kids who have a lot of difficulty sleeping are at heightened risk for developing suicidal thoughts and behaviors as they enter adolescence, a new Stanford Medicine-led study found. The research, published recently in JAMA Network Open, tracked more...
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Overactive bladder not tied to sleep disturbance, fatigue or depression
by Lori Solomon Overall, patients with overactive bladder (OAB) do not have worse sleep disturbance, fatigue, or depression scores than the general population, according to a study published online Dec. 18 in Neurourology and Urodynamics. Sally Jensen, Ph.D., from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and colleagues characterized sleep disturbance, depression, fatigue,...
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Penn Medicine research shows how stress activates neurons that disrupt sleep
Suppressing these neurons may be a promising target for therapies to treat stress-related sleep disorders, like insomnia and PTSD Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PHILADELPHIA— New research reveals that neurons in the preoptic hypothalamus—the region of the brain that regulates sleep and body temperature—are rhythmically activated during non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM)....
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Science one step closer to ‘turning off’ seizures, sleep disturbances linked to intellectual disability
by University of Nevada, Las Vegas UNLV Department of Psychology neuroscientist Rochelle Hines (right) and student Betsua Garcia-Trujillo are members of a research team that studied the gene and brain proteins that contribute to adverse symptoms among people with intellectual disability syndrome. Credit: Josh Hawkins/UNLV Photo Services Science is one step closer to developing targeted...
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Sleep disturbance highly prevalent in psoriasis patients
(HealthDay)—Sleep disturbance is highly prevalent among patients with psoriasis and is associated with pruritus, anxiety, and depression, according to a study published online Jan. 12 in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. Elvan Sahin, from the Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and colleagues examined sleep characteristics and factors associated with sleep disturbance in a cross-sectional...
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Neuroscience research suggests a shared mechanism underlies both sleep disturbance and mental disorders
by Eric W. Dolan January 30, 2022 in Mental Health New research published in Human Brain Mapping provides evidence of a shared neural mechanism that underlies sleep disturbance and mental disorders in preadolescents. The findings indicate that sleep disturbance and mental health problems are both related to the connectivity between and within two important brain networks. “I...