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Disciplined sleep for healthy living: Role of noradrenaline
Rachna Mehta, Abhishek Singh, Birendra Nath Mallick, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India
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Correspondence to: Birendra Nath Mallick, PhD, Professor, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110067, India. remsbnm@yahoo.com
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Received: August 19, 2016
Peer-review started: August 22, 2016
First decision: October 21, 2016
Revised: November 10, 2016
Accepted: November 27, 2016
Article in press: November 29, 2016
Published online: March 28, 2017
Peer-review started: August 22, 2016
First decision: October 21, 2016
Revised: November 10, 2016
Accepted: November 27, 2016
Article in press: November 29, 2016
Published online: March 28, 2017
Core Tip
Core tip: Sleep is affected by many internal factors as well as lifestyle changes and vice versa. Noradrenaline (NA) is one of the molecules affected by lifestyle as well as sleep-loss; rapid eye movement sleep-loss in particular. Many of the sleep-loss associated cellular-molecular-behavioral and patho-physiological changes are induced by NA. Therefore, we propose that disciplined sleep habit, which would maintain optimum level of NA, is essential for leading healthy life.