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Sleep Disorders

Sleep disorders are conditions that disrupt the quality, timing, amount, or architecture of sleep, producing daytime impairment and adverse effects on physical and mental health. They include insomnia disorders characterized by difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, the central disorders of hypersomnolence such…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 21× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Sleep disorders are conditions that disrupt the quality, timing, amount, or architecture of sleep, producing daytime impairment and adverse effects on physical and mental health. They include insomnia disorders characterized by difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, the central disorders of hypersomnolence such as narcolepsy, and the circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, in which the timing of sleep is misaligned with the desired or societal schedule, as in delayed sleep phase syndrome. Normal sleep is governed by the interaction of a circadian process and a homeostatic sleep drive, with neuromodulatory systems including the endocannabinoid system contributing to its regulation. Assessment combines clinical history with objective tools such as actigraphy and polysomnography, and sleep disturbance is increasingly linked to diet, behaviour, comorbid conditions, and physical outcomes. Peer-reviewed research in this area examines the endocannabinoid system in circadian and sleep regulation, actigraphic monitoring in night eating syndrome, ultra-processed food intake and sleep disturbance, somatosensory stimulation and pulsed magnetic therapy for insomnia, narcolepsy in association with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and in pediatric populations, delayed sleep phase syndrome, bedtime procrastination, sleep biomarkers in chronic-stress models, and sleep disturbance in relation to hip fracture. These strands connect the regulation, assessment, and behavioural and dietary correlates of disordered sleep.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Sleep Disturbances and Hip Fractures

Marks RayCorresponding author
Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY 10027, United States
Exact topic Aging Research And Healthcare Cited by 3 doi:10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-20-3495

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 21 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Immunology and Geriatrics.

Journal editorial board
Rahul Arya · United States Dhaarini Murugan · United States

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