hormones and behavior

• Untimely Sleepiness: The Problem and the Current State of Its Management

In modern society, many people keep working hours different from the standard (9 hours, 5 days a week during conventional time of the day), a regimen leading to sleep deprivation and/or circadian desynchronization, and, consequently, to sleepiness, fatigue, impaired efficiency and ultimately to psychic and somatic complaints. Fortunately, sleepiness-related health and occupational hazards can be kept under control using scientifically tested precautions designed to help maintain wakefulness. Suitable work and rest scheduling and observance of the principles of sleep hygiene are of major importance there. In situations which interfere with sleep, it is possible to use hypnotics or behavioral techniques and melatonin for circadian regimen optimization. In situations when sleep loss is tem...

... activity, and the secretion of many hormones. Light is the principal factor synchronizing this ...

• Neural Network World; International Journal on Neural and Mass - Parallel Computing and Information Systems
• Band 19 Nr. 1, Januar 2009