Understanding the link between sleep and autonomic control is one of the most exciting challenges in autonomic neuroscience. It is well known that this link is bidirectional. A complex and dynamic rhythmic process, which involves the activation of several neural circuits, acts to synchronize the physiological functions with each sleep cycle. In this process, the autonomic nervous system has a pivotal role in the hemodynamic regulation of cardiovascular functions during different sleep stages. This relation becomes more and more important in pathological conditions. Sleep disorders are associated with an altered autonomic control and alterations of autonomic regulation have important effects on sleep regulation and homeostasis. In addition, autonomic and sleep disturbance are hallmarks that accompany several neuropsychiatric clinical conditions.
The goal of this Research Topic is highlight the progresses made in the past decades focusing on the bidirectional relation between sleep and autonomic nervous system in neuropsychiatric disorders. Our ultimate aim is to provide a useful resource that will help preclinical and clinical researchers to shed new light on this fascinating interconnection.
We welcome researchers across the globe to submit their original research articles, reviews, and meta-analyses that addressing this integrative view between sleep and autonomic mechanisms in neuropsychiatric diseases.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to the following:
• Effect of acute and chronic sleep deprivation on autonomic control;
• Sleep-disordered breathing and autonomic dysfunction;
• Clinical and experimental studies assessing new treatments to improve sleep pattern and autonomic function in patients with neuropsychiatric diseases; and
• Translational researches using autonomic neuromodulation approaches in patients with neuropsychiatric and sleep disorders.
Understanding the link between sleep and autonomic control is one of the most exciting challenges in autonomic neuroscience. It is well known that this link is bidirectional. A complex and dynamic rhythmic process, which involves the activation of several neural circuits, acts to synchronize the physiological functions with each sleep cycle. In this process, the autonomic nervous system has a pivotal role in the hemodynamic regulation of cardiovascular functions during different sleep stages. This relation becomes more and more important in pathological conditions. Sleep disorders are associated with an altered autonomic control and alterations of autonomic regulation have important effects on sleep regulation and homeostasis. In addition, autonomic and sleep disturbance are hallmarks that accompany several neuropsychiatric clinical conditions.
The goal of this Research Topic is highlight the progresses made in the past decades focusing on the bidirectional relation between sleep and autonomic nervous system in neuropsychiatric disorders. Our ultimate aim is to provide a useful resource that will help preclinical and clinical researchers to shed new light on this fascinating interconnection.
We welcome researchers across the globe to submit their original research articles, reviews, and meta-analyses that addressing this integrative view between sleep and autonomic mechanisms in neuropsychiatric diseases.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to the following:
• Effect of acute and chronic sleep deprivation on autonomic control;
• Sleep-disordered breathing and autonomic dysfunction;
• Clinical and experimental studies assessing new treatments to improve sleep pattern and autonomic function in patients with neuropsychiatric diseases; and
• Translational researches using autonomic neuromodulation approaches in patients with neuropsychiatric and sleep disorders.