Journal article
Sleep in host defense
Brain, behavior, and immunity, Vol.17(1), pp.41-47
2003
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/112533
PMID: 12615185
Abstract
Sleep remains an important enigma in neurobiology; it has a robust adaptive value yet its function remains elusive. Changes in sleep are hallmarks of the acute phase response to infectious challenge. The molecular regulation of these responses involves a cytokine cascade within brain, including interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis factor, and several other substances such as growth hormone releasing hormone, prolactin, nitric oxide and nuclear factor κB. These substances are also involved in the regulation of normal spontaneous sleep. Fatigue and sleep disturbances are common in cancer patients and in those receiving cytokine therapy. Regardless, the role of sleep in cancer is relatively uninvestigated.
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- Title
- Sleep in host defense
- Creators
- James M Krueger - Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, P.O. Box 646520, Pullman, WA 99164-6520, USAJeannine A Majde - Office of Naval Research, 800 N Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22217-5660, USAFerenc Obál - Department of Physiology, University of Szeged, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical Center, Szeged 6720, Hungary
- Publication Details
- Brain, behavior, and immunity, Vol.17(1), pp.41-47
- Academic Unit
- Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Department of
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Identifiers
- 99900547859601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article