Sleep Architecture and Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Activity in Paradoxical and Psychophysiological Insomnia.

Hiwa Mohammadi Mohammad Rezaei Seyed Mojtaba Amiri Zohreh Rahimi Kamaran Mansouri Habibolah Khazaie

Published in: Basic and clinical neuroscience (2018)

These findings could suggest the personality traits hypothesis for paradoxical insomnia. Both cortical and subcortical arousal could lead to more HPA activity and higher ACTH level. Further studies are recommended to confirm the hypothesis.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
physical activity
white matter
depressive symptoms