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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Sleep behaviour"”.
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A sleep behaviour intervention to improve cardiometabolic health in adults with overweight and obesity
… Rhythms. He then developed an interest in sleep and cardiometabolic health, specifically in the context of public health. In 2015, these interests were combined and lead to his current PhD thesis on a sleep behaviour intervention for the betterment of cardiometabolic health. In this year, …
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Does temperature alter the relationship between sleep behaviour and non-communicable diseases in five different populations?
… particularly rising temperatures, to disrupted sleep behaviours. However, the potential role of temperature in modifying the relationship between sleep disruption and NCDs remains underexplored, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study examines whether ambient nighttime …
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Sex differences in the associations of physical fitness, physical activity, sedentarism, and sleep behaviour with oxidative stress in older adults: The INTERMAE project
… levels of physical activity (PA), and healthy sleep behaviour have been shown to reduce the possible mechanisms of ageing such as oxidative stress. However, to our knowledge, it is still unknown whether these factors can differently affect the oxidative stress of older adults depending on sex …
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The Roles of the Neuropeptide Receptor NPR-14 in the Regulation of Sleep Behaviours in Caenorhabditis elegans
Most animals with a nervous system exhibit sleep behaviour(s) during their life cycle, which appears as a decreased level of physical activity and changes in metabolism. Even animals with a simple nervous system like Caenorhabditis elegans have shown sleep behaviour. Two types of sleep have been …
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An Investigation of the Clinical Predictors of Impulse Control Disorders in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
… (n = 126), and patients with no ICD or related behaviours (n = 97). Bayesian and Frequentist analyses demonstrated that Anxiety predicts the development of ICD. Depression, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS), and REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD) Symptoms were increased among patients with ICD …
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Inhibitory Control of Muscle Activity in Sleep
… thesis, I examined the inhibitory control of REM sleep motor activity using both a pharmacological rat model and a genetic mouse model. I characterized the role for GABA and glycine in mediating the REM-specific suppression of muscle activity as well as their involvement in regulating the phasic …
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PLASMA JNK3 AS A NOVEL PERIPHERAL BIOMARKER IN ALZHEIMER'S AND PARKINSON'S DISEASES: EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND DISEASE MONITORING
… which included individuals with isolated REM sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD), de novo PD, late-stage PD, and healthy controls (HC). Plasmatic JNK3 levels progressively increased from iRBD through to late-stage PD and were significantly associated with disease severity and the presence of …
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Investigating impacts of sleep on recovery and performance in elite rugby union
Sleep plays a vital role in daily functioning of biological, cognitive, and physical performance for humans. Additionally, sleep has been widely regarded by athletes to play an important role in recovery from training and competition. Despite the increasing amount of sleep research in athlete …
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Into the night : evaluating sleep as a measure of animal welfare
… measure of animal welfare. In humans, sleep quality correlates strongly with a person’s wellbeing; this suggests that sleep may also prove to be a suitable tool to measure mammals’ welfare. Studies in humans have shown that lack of sleep compromises the health of individuals, causing …
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A study of ultra-high field strength structural and spectroscopic MR imaging in dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease
… cognitive fluctuations, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), and parkinsonism. In this PhD thesis I present a detailed investigation of neuroimaging changes found in DLB compared to in AD, in comparison to cognitively healthy older adults, using ultra-high field, 7 tesla (7T), …
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Investigating immunosuppression as a disease modifying strategy in Parkinson's disease
… as the profile of a group of patients with REM sleep behaviour disorder (RBD). This analysis illustrates the potential utility of FBC-derived variables as biomarkers in PD, and positions innate immune cell populations, particularly classical monocytes and natural killer (NK) cells, as variables …
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Investigation of DNA methylation at the promoter region of the aralkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT ) gene in South African children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sleep problems and suppressed melatonin production commonly presents with core Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) traits. Aralkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT) acts as the penultimate and rate-limiting enzyme in the melatonin biosynthetic pathway, and a study by Hu et al. (2009) reported that AANAT …