Journal of Pineal Research, Volume 77, Issue 4, July 2025.ABSTRACT Light influences human physiology profoundly, affecting the circadian clock and suppressing the endogenous hormone melatonin. Experimental studies often employ either homogenous full‐field stimulation, or overhead illumination, which are hard to standardize across studies and laboratories.
Maydel Fernandez‐Alonso +1 more
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Chronobiology: Proper Feeding to Sleep Cycles
MedNEXT Journal of Medical and Health Sciences, 2020 Chronobiology is the process that studies the biological rhythms of living beings, in which each organism has its own biological clock. Sleep is a state of unconsciousness, characterized by the active inhibitory process, and that has an important ...
Ana Luiza Vaqueiro Ramos +10 more
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Seasonality in Reproduction and Reproductive Physiology of Caviomorphs
Mammal Review, Volume 55, Issue 3, July 2025.ABSTRACT Animals experience seasonal fluctuations of photoperiod, food availability, temperature and precipitation. This affects their energy budget, often leading to seasonal reproduction. We review available literature and (re)‐analyse existing datasets on seasonal reproduction of South American caviomorph rodents that are characterised by long ...
Anja Guenther +5 more
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The Effect of the Season of Birth on Empathic Accuracy and Motor Mimicry [PDF]
, 2018 Several studies have reported significant relationships between the season of birth and personality. An experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis if winter births have high scores on sensation seeking, or a tendency for morningness chronotype, then
Kushizaki Masashi, 串崎 真志
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Copy number variations in healthy subjects. Case study: iPSC line CSSi005-A (3544) production from an individual with variation in 15q13.3 chromosome duplicating gene CHRNA7 [PDF]
, 2018 CHRNA7, encoding the neuronal alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (a7nAChR), is highly expressed in the brain, particularly in the hippocampus. It is situated in the 15q13.3 chromosome region, frequently associated with a Copy Number Variation (CNV),
Altieri, Filomena +13 more
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Structural analysis of socioeconomic factors and school jet lag in traumatic dental injury among children [PDF]
Brazilian Oral ResearchThe objective of this study was to analyze the directions by which school jet lag is associated with traumatic dental injury in children, evaluating direct and indirect effects of socioeconomic factors and sleep. A representative, population-based, cross-
Veruska Medeiros Martins BERNARDINO +5 more
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Exploring the uncertain relationship between lunar phases and human sleep duration and quality: A narrative literature review [PDF]
, 2020 The moon’s influence on human behavior has been the subject of speculation for a large portion of history. A whole host of physiological and psychological disorders were collectively explained away by lunacy or madness until the advent of modern science ...
Skrobul, Nicholas
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Pedunculopontine nucleus gamma band activity-preconscious awareness, waking, and REM sleep [PDF]
, 2014 The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is a major component of the reticular activating system (RAS) that regulates waking and REM sleep, states of high-frequency EEG activity.
Beck, Paige B. +6 more
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Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Rare Hereditary Diseases: A Reminder for the Pediatrician, Pediatric and Adult Neurologist, General Practitioner, and Sleep Specialist [PDF]
, 2014 Although sleep abnormalities in general and sleep-related breathing disorders (SBD) in particular are quite common in healthy children; their presence is notably under-recognized.
Arie Oksenberg, Natan Gadoth
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Pain Practice, Volume 25, Issue 5, June 2025.ABSTRACT Introduction Cluster headache is a rare primary headache disorder characterized by excruciating unilateral pain around the eye, lasting between 15 and 180 min, accompanied by ipsilateral cranial autonomic symptoms. Cluster headache is classified into two forms: episodic and chronic, with chronic cluster headache defined by pain‐free intervals ...
Casper S. Lansbergen +5 more
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