Journal of Sleep Sciences (Sep 2020)

The Need to Pay Attention to the Circadian Rhythm of Sleep during the Pandemic of Covid-19

  • Soroush Maazinezhad,
  • Leeba Rezaie,
  • Behnam Khaledipaveh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18502/jss.v5i1.4572
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1

Abstract

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The circadian rhythm of sleep (CRS) in humans, as an automatic biological clock, regulates the stages of sleep and wakefulness during 24 hours. However, this is not the only function of this cycle. Research shows that the CRS can play an important role in the process of energy metabolism in the body. There are also hypotheses that it affects diseases such as obesity and diabetes. Disruption of this natural rhythm can lead to metabolic imbalances in the human body and increases the risk of disorders in blood glucose regulation,blood lipids, cardiovascular system, and immune system (1, 2).

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