{"title":"Having it both ways: The case of sleep & diet quality","authors":"Marie-Pierre St-Onge , Brooke Aggarwal , Sanja Jelic","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102082","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102082","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102082"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143687702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Catarina Cavalhas-Almeida , Maria Inês Cristo , Cláudia Cavadas , João Ramalho-Santos , Ana Rita Álvaro , Sandra Amaral
{"title":"Sleep and male (In)Fertility: A comprehensive overview","authors":"Catarina Cavalhas-Almeida , Maria Inês Cristo , Cláudia Cavadas , João Ramalho-Santos , Ana Rita Álvaro , Sandra Amaral","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102080","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102080","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Infertility affects millions of couples globally, with male factors contributing up to 50 % of cases. Despite the existing Assisted Reproduction Technologies (ART), decreased sperm quality and male infertility persist.</div><div>Evidence suggests that sleep is crucial for normal reproductive function, and the noticeable increase in infertility rates aligns with the growing prevalence of sleep deprivation, suggesting a connection between both conditions.</div><div>This literature review explores the possible links between sleep disturbances, with a special emphasis on insomnia, the most prevalent sleep disorder, and male reproductive health. It delves into the latest findings regarding factors such as sperm quality, hormone levels, and overall reproductive function from studies in mammals, both rodents and humans. Through a concise synthesis of these findings, we unveil potential mechanisms and provide crucial insights for clinicians and researchers in the field of reproductive health.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102080"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143704624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Monica L. Andersen (Editor-in-Chief of Sleep Medicine Reviews)
{"title":"Editorial: Building on excellence: Advancing sleep medicine together","authors":"Monica L. Andersen (Editor-in-Chief of Sleep Medicine Reviews)","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102079","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102079"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143641783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wilfred R. Pigeon (PhD) , Todd M. Bishop , J. Todd Arnedt
{"title":"Mixed or misaligned? Effects of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia across the spectrum of alcohol use disorder","authors":"Wilfred R. Pigeon (PhD) , Todd M. Bishop , J. Todd Arnedt","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102078","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102078","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102078"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143600881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin F. Bjurström , Andrea Niklasson , Patrick H. Finan , Eva Kosek
{"title":"Reply to commentary: Time to target perioperative sleep disturbances to enhance postoperative outcomes","authors":"Martin F. Bjurström , Andrea Niklasson , Patrick H. Finan , Eva Kosek","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102075","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102075"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143577018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joel S. Raymond , Wendy M. Troxel , Michael T. Bowen
{"title":"A bench-to-bedside narrative review of the sleep-social-oxytocin nexus","authors":"Joel S. Raymond , Wendy M. Troxel , Michael T. Bowen","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102077","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102077","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Although recognition of the significant reciprocal interplay between sleep and social processes has grown over the past two decades, theoretical frameworks conceptualising this interplay have predominantly focused on psychosocial factors. The current lack of attention to putative neurobiological substrates and physiological mechanisms that may facilitate the dynamics of sleep-social relationships limits interdisciplinary research into sleep and clinical treatment of sleep problems and disorders. Thus, this narrative review hypothesises that the neuropeptide oxytocin represents a promising candidate physiological substrate underpinning sleep-social interplay, and integrates the endogenous oxytocin system into a novel tripartite biopsychosocial framework—the sleep-social-oxytocin nexus.</div><div>The current narrative review outlines the theoretical rationale for the existence of reciprocal sleep-social-oxytocin interactions, and examines the clinical and preclinical evidence for interactions between sleep processes, social processes, and the oxytocin system, highlighting the paucity of experimental research that addresses all three nexus factors. Subsequently, we explore important clinical implications of the sleep-social-oxytocin nexus: comorbidities between sleep, social, and oxytocinergic dysfunction in sleep and other psychiatric disorders, the emerging therapeutic potential of oxytocin-based therapeutics, and potential adjunctive interventions to achieve optimal treatment outcomes. We conclude by proposing future avenues for research and clinical implementation warranted within this space.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102077"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143578330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Bulman , Nathan M. D’Cunha , Wolfgang Marx , Murray Turner , Andrew McKune , Nenad Naumovski
{"title":"The effects of L-theanine consumption on sleep outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Amanda Bulman , Nathan M. D’Cunha , Wolfgang Marx , Murray Turner , Andrew McKune , Nenad Naumovski","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102076","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102076","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This systematic review ansd meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the effects of L-theanine, a non-proteinogenic amino acid found in tea, on sleep outcomes. Literature searches were conducted in five electronic databases <strong>(</strong>APA PsycINFO, CINAHL, Medline, Scopus, Web of Science), and one register (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) from inception until September 2024. Randomised controlled trials investigating the effects of L-theanine supplementation on sleep quality in humans of all ages and health status were included. Nineteen articles (N = 897 participants) were selected and 18 included in the meta-analysis. L-theanine was shown to significantly improve subjective sleep onset latency (SMD = 0.15, 95 % CI [0.01, 0.29], <em>p</em> = 0.04; n = 10 studies), subjective daytime dysfunction (SMD = 0.33, 95 % CI [0.16, 0.49], <em>p</em> < 0.001; n = 9 studies), and overall subjective sleep quality score (SMD = 0.43, 95 % CI [0.04, 0.83], <em>p</em> = 0.03; n = 12 studies<em>)</em>. The findings indicate the potential use of L-theanine in the management of sleep disturbances; however, the lack of studies on “pure” L-theanine warrants further investigation. Future studies are needed to determine the adequate dose and duration of L-theanine supplementation for improving and maintaining sleep quality in healthy and clinical populations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"81 ","pages":"Article 102076"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143578329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time to treat pre-surgical symptoms of insomnia?","authors":"Janet M. Mullington","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102068","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102068"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143548581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comment on Niklasson et al. The relationship between preoperative sleep disturbance and acute postoperative pain control: A systematic review and meta-analysis","authors":"Qiang Zong , Xiao Li , Hanrong Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102074","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102074"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143521078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arina Jocelyn Fostitsch , Guido Schwarzer , Maria Buchgeister , Werner Surbeck , Claas Lahmann , Kai Spiegelhalder , Lukas Frase , Derek Spieler
{"title":"The association between sleep quality and telomere attrition: A systematic review and meta-analysis comprising 400,212 participants","authors":"Arina Jocelyn Fostitsch , Guido Schwarzer , Maria Buchgeister , Werner Surbeck , Claas Lahmann , Kai Spiegelhalder , Lukas Frase , Derek Spieler","doi":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102073","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.smrv.2025.102073","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Psychosocial stressors accelerate telomere attrition, a biomarker of cell aging, whereas good sleep is hypothesized to be a mitigating factor. However, methodological aspects - particularly underpowered studies, inconsistent findings, and multiple approaches to assessing sleep – demonstrate the need for a meta-analysis. After PROSPERO registration, we conducted a systematical search of the following databases until June 2024 to identify studies examining the relationship between sleep quality and telomere length in adult humans: CINAHL, Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, PsychINFO, PubMed, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. In total, 29 studies met inclusion criteria for the systematic review according to the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis guidelines (PRISMA), 19 of which provided data that was appropriate for meta-analytic calculations. We identified the Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) global score (odds ratio (OR) 1.24, CI 95 % [1.03; 1.50], p = 0.02), sleep-related daytime impairments (OR 1.01 [1.00; 1.02], p = 0.04), and wake after sleep onset (WASO) time (OR 1.28 [1.12; 1.47], p < 0.01) as to be significantly associated with telomere attrition. Thus, the subtle telomere attrition-mitigating role of sleep has been demonstrated based on a sufficiently large body of data and defined aspects of sleep quality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49513,"journal":{"name":"Sleep Medicine Reviews","volume":"80 ","pages":"Article 102073"},"PeriodicalIF":11.2,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143641784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}