Sentences with phrase «wake cycle such»

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«Protecting New Yorkers from domestic violence — and the housing and job discrimination that victims often face in the wake of such abuse, is a key part to stopping the cycle of violence in our state and our nation.»

Dr. Saper's research has explored circuitry of the brain that controls basic functions such as wake - sleep cycles, feeding, and immune response, and how these circuits are disrupted in neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease, in sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea, and during aging.

Of course, this will have to be considered on a case - by - case basis, since many people such as shift workers will have a different sleep / wake cycle and timings will need to be adapted to their body clocks.»

«Since many reward - circuit - activating drugs such as amphetamines that work by stimulating dopamine secretion also keep users awake, it's natural to ask if dopamine plays a key role in the sleep - wake cycle as well as in reward,» Eban - Rothschild said.

It makes intuitive sense that the reward system, which motivates goal - directed behaviors such as fleeing from predators or looking for food, and our sleep - wake cycle would coordinate with one another at some point.

Night time shift work disrupts the normal sleep - wake cycle and our internal circadian (24 - hour) rhythms, and has been associated with significant health problems, such as a higher risk of heart disease and cancer.

«These changes in brain chemistry were associated with serious concerns such as risk - taking behaviors, disruptions in the sleep / wake cycle and problematic weight loss, as well as resulting in increased activity and anti-anxiety and antidepressive effects.»

Whether normal variations between people in the sleep - wake cycle during mid-life and during aging actually predispose or even protect against brain diseases such as AD is not clear.

In fact, workers whose sleep - wake cycles are disrupted by night shifts are more susceptible to chronic inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cancer.

The histaminergic system is involved in basic physiological functions, such as the sleep - wake cycle, energy and endocrine homeostasis, sensory and motor functions, cognition, and attention, which are all severely affected in neuropsychiatric disorders.

These regulate many neurobehavioral effects such as appetite, satiation, mood, pain perception, and the sleep - wake cycle.

Especially in a delicate interval such as the post-partum period this practice could become extremely important, since it could help the dyad to face the need of mutual adjustment, facilitating regulatory processes and the establishment of sleep - wake cycles.