The Developmental Regulation of Wake/Sleep System

Feng, Ping

doi:10.1007/0-387-23692-9_1

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“…Because of their release pattern, with a zenith near waking time, hormones of the hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis are generally considered as wakefulness inducers; 36 however, acute stressors are able to induce an increase of REM sleep in the following sleep episode 37 . Some evidence shows that high doses of corticosterone increase waking time and decrease non‐REM sleep, however, low doses of glucocorticoids induce the opposite effect, a slight increase in non‐REM sleep 37 .…”

Section: Effect Of Administration Of Pituitary Hormones On Sleepmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, the stress‐dependent increase in REM sleep has been attributed to corticotrophin‐releasing hormone (CRH) in addition to prolactin; CRH can be released without the induction of the release of ACTH; in that case, CRH increases REM sleep. When ACTH is released by CRH, the effect of CRH on REM sleep is not observed because it predominates the effect of ACTH wakefulness inducer 36 Figure 1. shows the effect of some pituitary hormones on non‐REM and REM sleep in humans.…”

Section: Effect Of Administration Of Pituitary Hormones On Sleepmentioning

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Role of sleep in the regulation of the immune system and the pituitary hormones

Gómez-González

Domı́nguez-Salazar

Hurtado‐Alvarado

et al. 2012

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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Sleep is characterized by a reduced response to external stimuli and a particular form of electroencephalographic (EEG) activity. Sleep is divided into two stages: REM sleep, characterized by muscle atonia, rapid eye movements, and EEG activity similar to wakefulness, and non-REM sleep, characterized by slow EEG activity. Around 80% of total sleep time is non-REM. Although it has been intensely studied for decades, the function (or functions) of sleep remains elusive. Sleep is a highly regulated state; some brain regions and several hormones and cytokines participate in sleep regulation. This mini-review focuses on how pituitary hormones and cytokines regulate or affect sleep and how sleep modifies the plasma concentration of hormones as well as cytokines. Also, we review the effects of hypophysectomy and some autoimmune diseases on sleep pattern. Finally, we propose that one of the functions of sleep is to maintain the integrity of the neuro-immune-endocrine system.

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Section: Effect Of Administration Of Pituitary Hormones On Sleepmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Effect Of Administration Of Pituitary Hormones On Sleepmentioning

confidence: 99%