"Sleeping is not something that only determines whether you are tired or alert. To put it simply, sleep can save your life...Sleep is needed so everything in your body and mind can work correctly...Without proper sleep, the brain can't regenerate properly."-American Sleep Association
Through evolution, sleep has remained an integral part of our daily routine. While sufficient sleep offers replenishment and rejuvenation, research shows that a chronic lack of sleep, or getting poor quality sleep, increases the risk of disorders including depression, obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 2022)-all creating a strain on normal brain function.
Annual Reviews has curated this new review article collection that explores varying perspectives of the complex relationship between sleep, health, and the brain. The reviews span multiple fields of study including nutrition, neuroscience, psychology, and physiology.
In this interdisciplinary collection, our experts discuss three key areas centered around sleep:
- Health and Habit
- Neuroscience and the Nervous System
- Therapy and Medicine
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Health and Habit
Sleep Health: An Opportunity for Public Health to Address Health Equity
Lauren Hale, Wendy Troxel, and Daniel J. Buysse, Annual Review of Public Health
Sleep and Diet: Mounting Evidence of a Cyclical Relationship
Faris M. Zuraikat, Rebecca A. Wood, Rocío Barragán, and Marie-Pierre St-Onge, Annual Review of Nutrition
Why Sleep Is Important for Health: A Psychoneuroimmunology Perspective
Michael R. Irwin, Annual Review of Psychology
Genetics of Sleep and Insights into Its Relationship with Obesity
Hassan S. Dashti and José M. Ordovás, Annual Review of Nutrition
Sleep as a Potential Fundamental Contributor to Disparities in Cardiovascular Health
Chandra L. Jackson, Susan Redline, and Karen M. Emmons, Annual Review of Public Health
The Role of Sleep in Emotional Brain Function
Andrea N. Goldstein and Matthew P. Walker, Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
The Human Sleep Paradox: The Unexpected Sleeping Habits of Homo sapiens
David R. Samson, Annual Review of Anthropology
VIDEO FROM KNOWABLE MAGAZINE... Why sleep matters for personal and public health
Neuroscience and the Nervous System
Integrated Brain Circuits: Astrocytic Networks Modulate Neuronal Activity and Behavior
Michael M. Halassa and Philip G. Haydon, Annual Review of Physiology
The Glymphatic System in Central Nervous System Health and Disease: Past, Present, and Future
Benjamin A. Plog and Maiken Nedergaard, Annual Review of Pathology: Mechanisms of Disease
The Lineage Before Time: Circadian and Nonclassical Clock Influences on Development
Joseph Lewis Bedont, Daniel Maxim Iascone, and Amita Sehgal, Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
The Glial Perspective on Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
Gregory Artiushin and Amita Sehgal Annual Review of Neuroscience
A Motor Theory of Sleep-Wake Control: Arousal-Action Circuit
Danqian Liu and Yang Dan, Annual Review of Neuroscience
Memory and Sleep: How Sleep Cognition Can Change the Waking Mind for the Better
Ken A. Paller, Jessica D. Creery, and Eitan Schechtman, Annual Review of Psychology
Therapy and Medicine
Sleep Pharmacogenetics: Personalized Sleep-Wake Therapy
Sebastian C. Holst, Amandine Valomon, and Hans-Peter Landolt, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
The Discovery of Suvorexant, the First Orexin Receptor Drug for Insomnia
Paul J. Coleman, Anthony L. Gotter, W. Joseph Herring, Christopher J. Winrow, and John J. Renger, Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Why sleep matters for personal and public health
VIDEO: Disrupted sleep ups the risks for heart disease, cancer and depression. How? And what can be done about the inequities that leave communities of color and poor people at greater risk? Watch the replay of this event held on January 19, 2022.
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