Hypnotic enhancement of slow-wave sleep increases sleep-associated hormone secretion and reduces sympathetic predominance in healthy humans

Luciana Besedovsky; Maren Cordi; Laura Wißlicen; Estefanía Martínez-Albert; Jan Born; Björn Rasch

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03643-y

Communications Biology (Jul 2022)

Hypnotic enhancement of slow-wave sleep increases sleep-associated hormone secretion and reduces sympathetic predominance in healthy humans

Luciana Besedovsky,
Maren Cordi,
Laura Wißlicen,
Estefanía Martínez-Albert,
Jan Born,
Björn Rasch

Affiliations

Luciana Besedovsky: Institute of Medical Psychology, LMU Munich
Maren Cordi: Department of Psychology, Division of Biopsychology and Methods, University of Fribourg
Laura Wißlicen: Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen
Estefanía Martínez-Albert: Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen
Jan Born: Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen
Björn Rasch: Department of Psychology, Division of Biopsychology and Methods, University of Fribourg

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03643-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The hypnotic enhancement of slow wave sleep, the deepest stage of sleep, goes beyond the central nervous system, causing changes at the level of the endocrine and the autonomic nervous systems.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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