SLEEP CONCERNS: IS NAPPING LINKED TO BODY CONDITION?

Sleep concerns: is napping linked to body condition?

Napping Reverses Increased Pain Sensitivity Due to Sleep Restriction

STUDY OBJECTIVE To investigate pain sensitivity after sleep restriction and the restorative effect of napping. DESIGN A strictly controlled randomized crossover study with continuous polysomnography monitoring was performed. SETTING Laboratory-based study. PARTICIPANTS 11 healthy male volunteers. INTERVENTIONS Volunteers attended two three-day sessions: "sleep restriction" alone and "sl...

Napping behavior during "spontaneous internal desynchronization": sleep remains in synchrony with body temperature.

Patterns of sleep and wakefulness exhibited in an environment without time cues are generally considered to be monophasic, with a distinct relationship between sleep episodes and the minimum of body core temperature. In some cases this relationship between major sleep episodes and temperature becomes replaced by an apparently varying phase relationship between the two variables called "spontane...

Serotonergic dysregulation is linked to sleep problems in Parkinson's disease

The Timing of the Circadian Clock and Sleep Differ between Napping and Non-Napping Toddlers

The timing of the internal circadian clock shows large inter-individual variability across the lifespan. Although the sleep-wakefulness pattern of most toddlers includes an afternoon nap, the association between napping and circadian phase in early childhood remains unexplored. This study examined differences in circadian phase and sleep between napping and non-napping toddlers. Data were colle...