Author : Xi-Jian Dai
Release : 2019
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Book Synopsis Editorial: Neuroimaging Findings in Sleep Disorders and Circadian Disruption by : Xi-Jian Dai
Download or read book Editorial: Neuroimaging Findings in Sleep Disorders and Circadian Disruption written by Xi-Jian Dai. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Each of us spends almost a third of our life asleep. Thus, obviously, sleep is a necessary physical need in human life. After sleep, the tired nerve cells and the biological characteristics of long-distance signal transmission recover to normal physiological function. In general, precise control of the sleep process is the basis of normal life processes including blood, metabolism, immune, endocrine, and brain activity, and is key to plasticity formation, information processing, and function implementation [(1-5); Dai et al.]. Sleep has played a minor role as object of research for a long time. Yet, recently there is a growing public interest in sleep. Sleep disorders are a major public health problem and widespread in today's society. In modern society, more and more people undergo an increased curtailment of daily sleep because of work overtime, exam preparation, shift working and long-term working or driving, resulting in an increased incidence of sleep disorders. The disturbed and/or interrupted sleep may be associated with a number of clinical conditions and has a detrimental effect on attention, working memory, executive functioning, emotion, or even metabolism. Nowadays, important challenges are posed to sleep disorders for which approved treatments are of limited efficacy. Although there is surprising upsurge in neuroimaging findings in addressing the brain structural and functional changes associated with sleep disorders and circadian disruption, it is still difficult to glean a consistent story about its neuropathology of brain alterations. Therefore, a more comprehensive understanding of brain structural and functional changes associated with sleep disorders and circadian disruption are needed. The aim of this Research Topic is to contribute to a better understanding of the link between brain and sleep disorders, and offer an up-to-date view on how sleep affects our brain
