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  1. Article ; Online: Mammalian NREM and REM sleep: Why, when and how.

    Rial, Rubén V / Akaârir, Mourad / Canellas, Francesca / Barceló, Pere / Rubiño, José A / Martín-Reina, Aida / Gamundí, Antoni / Nicolau, M Cristina

    Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews

    2023  Volume 146, Page(s) 105041

    Abstract: This report proposes that fish use the spinal-rhombencephalic regions of their brain to support their activities while awake. Instead, the brainstem-diencephalic regions support the wakefulness in amphibians and reptiles. Lastly, mammals developed the ... ...

    Abstract This report proposes that fish use the spinal-rhombencephalic regions of their brain to support their activities while awake. Instead, the brainstem-diencephalic regions support the wakefulness in amphibians and reptiles. Lastly, mammals developed the telencephalic cortex to attain the highest degree of wakefulness, the cortical wakefulness. However, a paralyzed form of spinal-rhombencephalic wakefulness remains in mammals in the form of REMS, whose phasic signs are highly efficient in promoting maternal care to mammalian litter. Therefore, the phasic REMS is highly adaptive. However, their importance is low for singletons, in which it is a neutral trait, devoid of adaptive value for adults, and is mal-adaptive for marine mammals. Therefore, they lost it. The spinal-rhombencephalic and cortical wakeful states disregard the homeostasis: animals only attend their most immediate needs: foraging defense and reproduction. However, these activities generate allostatic loads that must be recovered during NREMS, that is a paralyzed form of the amphibian-reptilian subcortical wakefulness. Regarding the regulation of tonic REMS, it depends on a hypothalamic switch. Instead, the phasic REMS depends on an independent proportional pontine control.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Sleep, REM/physiology ; Sleep/physiology ; Wakefulness/physiology ; Brain Stem ; Mammals ; Electroencephalography
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 282464-4
    ISSN 1873-7528 ; 0149-7634
    ISSN (online) 1873-7528
    ISSN 0149-7634
    DOI 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105041
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  2. Article ; Online: Similarity network fusion to identify phenotypes of small-for-gestational-age fetuses.

    Miranda, Jezid / Paules, Cristina / Noell, Guillaume / Youssef, Lina / Paternina-Caicedo, Angel / Crovetto, Francesca / Cañellas, Nicolau / Garcia-Martín, María L / Amigó, Nuria / Eixarch, Elisenda / Faner, Rosa / Figueras, Francesc / Simões, Rui V / Crispi, Fàtima / Gratacós, Eduard

    iScience

    2023  Volume 26, Issue 9, Page(s) 107620

    Abstract: Fetal growth restriction (FGR) affects 5-10% of pregnancies, is the largest contributor to fetal death, and can have long-term consequences for the child. Implementation of a standard clinical classification system is hampered by the multiphenotypic ... ...

    Abstract Fetal growth restriction (FGR) affects 5-10% of pregnancies, is the largest contributor to fetal death, and can have long-term consequences for the child. Implementation of a standard clinical classification system is hampered by the multiphenotypic spectrum of small fetuses with substantial differences in perinatal risks. Machine learning and multiomics data can potentially revolutionize clinical decision-making in FGR by identifying new phenotypes. Herein, we describe a cluster analysis of FGR based on an unbiased machine-learning method. Our results
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-12
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2589-0042
    ISSN (online) 2589-0042
    DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107620
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  3. Article: Relaciones entre el sueño y la adicción.

    Cañellas, Francesca / de Lecea, Luis

    Adicciones

    2012  Volume 24, Issue 4, Page(s) 287–290

    Abstract: While it is well known that there is an interaction between sleep disorders and substance abuse, it is certainly more complex than was previously thought. There is a positive relationship both between having a substance use disorder and suffering from a ... ...

    Title translation Relationships between sleep and addiction.
    Abstract While it is well known that there is an interaction between sleep disorders and substance abuse, it is certainly more complex than was previously thought. There is a positive relationship both between having a substance use disorder and suffering from a sleep disorder, and vice versa. The effects on sleep depend on the substance used, but it has been shown that both during use and in withdrawal periods consumers have various sleep problems, and basically more fragmented sleep. We know that sleep problems must be taken into account to prevent addiction relapses. Recent research shows that the hypocretinergic system defined by neuropeptide hypocretin / orexin (Hcrt / ox), located in the lateral hypothalamus and involved in, among other things, the regulation of the sleep-wake cycle, may play an important role in addictive behaviors. Different studies have demonstrated interactions between the hypocretinergic system, acute response to stress circuits and reward systems. We also know that selective optogenetic activation of the hypocretinergic system increases the probability of transition from sleep to wakefulness, and is sufficient for initiating an addictive compulsive behavior relapse. Hypocretinergic system activation could explain the hyperarousal associated with stress and addiction. Improved knowledge of this interaction would help us to understand better the mechanisms of addiction and find new strategies for the treatment of addictions.
    MeSH term(s) Behavior, Addictive/complications ; Humans ; Sleep/physiology ; Sleep Wake Disorders/complications
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2012-12-14
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Editorial ; English Abstract
    ZDB-ID 2018873-0
    ISSN 0214-4840
    ISSN 0214-4840
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  4. Article: The Birth of the Mammalian Sleep.

    Rial, Rubén V / Canellas, Francesca / Akaârir, Mourad / Rubiño, José A / Barceló, Pere / Martín, Aida / Gamundí, Antoni / Nicolau, M Cristina

    Biology

    2022  Volume 11, Issue 5

    Abstract: Mammals evolved from small-sized reptiles that developed endothermic metabolism. This allowed filling the nocturnal niche. They traded-off visual acuity for sensitivity but became defenseless against the dangerous daylight. To avoid such danger, they ... ...

    Abstract Mammals evolved from small-sized reptiles that developed endothermic metabolism. This allowed filling the nocturnal niche. They traded-off visual acuity for sensitivity but became defenseless against the dangerous daylight. To avoid such danger, they rested with closed eyes in lightproof burrows during light-time. This was the birth of the mammalian sleep, the main finding of this report. Improved audition and olfaction counterweighed the visual impairments and facilitated the cortical development. This process is called "The Nocturnal Evolutionary Bottleneck". Pre-mammals were nocturnal until the Cretacic-Paleogene extinction of dinosaurs. Some early mammals returned to diurnal activity, and this allowed the high variability in sleeping patterns observed today. The traits of Waking Idleness are almost identical to those of behavioral sleep, including homeostatic regulation. This is another important finding of this report. In summary, behavioral sleep seems to be an upgrade of Waking Idleness Indeed, the trait that never fails to show is quiescence. We conclude that the main function of sleep consists in guaranteeing it during a part of the daily cycle.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-11
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2661517-4
    ISSN 2079-7737
    ISSN 2079-7737
    DOI 10.3390/biology11050734
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  5. Article: Bright Light Therapy and Circadian Cycles in Institutionalized Elders.

    Rubiño, José A / Gamundí, Antoni / Akaarir, Mourad / Canellas, Francesca / Rial, Rubén / Nicolau, M Cristina

    Frontiers in neuroscience

    2020  Volume 14, Page(s) 359

    Abstract: Background: Bright light therapy has been found to be an efficient method to improve the main parameters of circadian rhythms. However, institutionalized elders may suffer reduced exposure to diurnal light, which may impair their circadian rhythms, ... ...

    Abstract Background: Bright light therapy has been found to be an efficient method to improve the main parameters of circadian rhythms. However, institutionalized elders may suffer reduced exposure to diurnal light, which may impair their circadian rhythms, cognitive performance, and general health status.
    Objectives: To analyze the effects of 5 days of morning exposure for 90 min to bright light therapy (BLT) applied to institutionalized elderly subjects with mild/moderate cognitive impairment.
    Subjects: Thirty-seven institutionalized subjects of both sexes, aged 70-93 years.
    Methods: The study lasted three consecutive weeks. During the second week the subjects were submitted to BLT (7000-10,000 lux at eye level) on a daily basis. Cognition, attention, and sleep quality were evaluated at the beginning of the first and third week. Circadian variables were recorded continuously throughout the 3 weeks. Non-invasive holders and validated tests were used to analyze the variables studied.
    Results: After BLT we have found significant improvements in general cognitive capabilities, sleep quality and in the main parameters of the subject's circadian rhythms. The results show that merely 90 min of BLT for five days seems to achieve a significant improvement in a constellation of circadian, sleep, health, and cognitive factors.
    Conclusion: Bright light therapy is an affordable, effective, fast-acting therapy for age-related disturbances, with many advantages over pharmacological alternatives. We hypothesize these effects were the result of activating the residual activity of their presumably weakened circadian system.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-05-06
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2411902-7
    ISSN 1662-453X ; 1662-4548
    ISSN (online) 1662-453X
    ISSN 1662-4548
    DOI 10.3389/fnins.2020.00359
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  6. Article ; Online: Paired maternal and fetal metabolomics reveal a differential fingerprint in preeclampsia versus fetal growth restriction.

    Youssef, Lina / Simões, Rui V / Miranda, Jezid / García-Martín, María Luisa / Paules, Cristina / Crovetto, Francesca / Amigó, Nuria / Cañellas, Nicolau / Gratacos, Eduard / Crispi, Fatima

    Scientific reports

    2021  Volume 11, Issue 1, Page(s) 14422

    Abstract: Preeclampsia (PE) and fetal growth restriction (FGR) are both placenta-mediated disorders with unclear pathogenesis. Metabolomics of maternal and fetal pairs might help in understanding these disorders. We recruited prospectively pregnancies with ... ...

    Abstract Preeclampsia (PE) and fetal growth restriction (FGR) are both placenta-mediated disorders with unclear pathogenesis. Metabolomics of maternal and fetal pairs might help in understanding these disorders. We recruited prospectively pregnancies with normotensive FGR, PE without FGR, PE + FGR and uncomplicated pregnancies as controls. Nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics were applied on plasma samples collected at delivery. Advanced lipoprotein, glycoprotein and choline profiling was performed using the Liposcale test. The software package Dolphin was used to quantify 24 low-molecular-weight metabolites. Statistical analysis comprised the comparison between each group of complicated pregnancies versus controls, considering 5% false discovery rate correction. Lipid profiles were altered in accordance with the clinical presentation of these disorders. Specifically, PE mothers and FGR fetuses (with or without FGR or PE, respectively) exhibited a pro-atherogenic and pro-inflammatory profile, with higher concentrations of triglycerides, remnant cholesterol (VLDL, IDL) and Glc/GalNAc-linked and lipid-associated glycoproteins compared to controls. Low-molecular-weight metabolites were extensively disturbed in preeclamptic mothers, with or without FGR. Growth restricted fetuses in the presence of PE showed changes in low-molecular-weight metabolites similar to their mothers (increased creatine and creatinine), while normotensive FGR fetuses presented scarce differences, consistent with undernutrition (lower isoleucine). Further research is warranted to clarify maternal and fetal adaptations to PE and FGR.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Female ; Fetal Growth Retardation ; Fetus ; Humans ; Metabolomics ; Pre-Eclampsia ; Pregnancy
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-93936-9
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  7. Article ; Online: The Birth of the Mammalian Sleep

    Rubén V. Rial / Francesca Canellas / Mourad Akaârir / José A. Rubiño / Pere Barceló / Aida Martín / Antoni Gamundí / M. Cristina Nicolau

    Biology, Vol 11, Iss 734, p

    2022  Volume 734

    Abstract: Mammals evolved from small-sized reptiles that developed endothermic metabolism. This allowed filling the nocturnal niche. They traded-off visual acuity for sensitivity but became defenseless against the dangerous daylight. To avoid such danger, they ... ...

    Abstract Mammals evolved from small-sized reptiles that developed endothermic metabolism. This allowed filling the nocturnal niche. They traded-off visual acuity for sensitivity but became defenseless against the dangerous daylight. To avoid such danger, they rested with closed eyes in lightproof burrows during light-time. This was the birth of the mammalian sleep, the main finding of this report. Improved audition and olfaction counterweighed the visual impairments and facilitated the cortical development. This process is called “The Nocturnal Evolutionary Bottleneck”. Pre-mammals were nocturnal until the Cretacic-Paleogene extinction of dinosaurs. Some early mammals returned to diurnal activity, and this allowed the high variability in sleeping patterns observed today. The traits of Waking Idleness are almost identical to those of behavioral sleep, including homeostatic regulation. This is another important finding of this report. In summary, behavioral sleep seems to be an upgrade of Waking Idleness Indeed, the trait that never fails to show is quiescence. We conclude that the main function of sleep consists in guaranteeing it during a part of the daily cycle.
    Keywords evolutionary bottleneck ; evolution of sleep ; sleep variability ; wakeful idling ; function of sleep ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher MDPI AG
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: Efecto positivo de la terapia de luz brillante sobre el estado de ánimo y la calidad del sueño en las personas mayores institucionalizadas.

    Rubiño-Díaz, José Ángel / Nicolau-Llobera, Cristina / Martin-Reina, Aida / Rial-Planas, Rubén / Canellas, Francesca

    Revista espanola de geriatria y gerontologia

    2021  Volume 56, Issue 6, Page(s) 354–360

    Abstract: Introduction: Bright light exposure during the day has a positive effect on health and its deficit can cause multiple physiological and cognitive disorders, including depression. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of bright light therapy ( ... ...

    Title translation Positive effect of bright light therapy on mood and sleep quality in institutionalized older people.
    Abstract Introduction: Bright light exposure during the day has a positive effect on health and its deficit can cause multiple physiological and cognitive disorders, including depression. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of bright light therapy (BLT) on the quality of sleep and mood emotional state; cognitive status, global deterioration and quality of life in institutionalized elderly.
    Material and methods: This is a study with repeated measures design. Thirty-seven older people admitted to a nursing home. The study lasted 3 weeks. The first week, the reference values were established with the Oviedo Sleep Questionnaire, Yesavage Depression Scale, Mini-Mental, Global Scale of Impairment and European Quality of Life Questionnaire. During the second week, they were exposed to BLT (7,000-10,000lx at eye level) between 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. During the third week, all the data were re-evaluated.
    Results: All variables improved significantly after the application of light therapy. Sleep (COS) pre-test 4.1±1.49, post-test 4.9±1.46, p: 0.01), mood (pre-test 3.65±2.78, post-test 2.65±2.9, p: 0.01), cognitive state (pre-test 22.72±6.53, post-test 24±5.92, p: 0.001), state of global deterioration (pre-test 3.10±1.26, post-test 2.72±5.92, p: 0.001) and health-related quality of life (pre-test 6.93±1.86, post-test 7.82±1.62, p: 0.001).
    Conclusions: Sleep quality, mood, cognitive status, global deterioration status and quality of life significantly improved after the application of light bright therapy.
    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Cognition ; Humans ; Nursing Homes ; Phototherapy ; Quality of Life ; Sleep
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2021-07-27
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605609-x
    ISSN 1578-1747 ; 0211-139X
    ISSN (online) 1578-1747
    ISSN 0211-139X
    DOI 10.1016/j.regg.2021.05.010
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  9. Article ; Online: Paired maternal and fetal metabolomics reveal a differential fingerprint in preeclampsia versus fetal growth restriction

    Lina Youssef / Rui V. Simões / Jezid Miranda / María Luisa García-Martín / Cristina Paules / Francesca Crovetto / Nuria Amigó / Nicolau Cañellas / Eduard Gratacos / Fatima Crispi

    Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-

    2021  Volume 11

    Abstract: Abstract Preeclampsia (PE) and fetal growth restriction (FGR) are both placenta-mediated disorders with unclear pathogenesis. Metabolomics of maternal and fetal pairs might help in understanding these disorders. We recruited prospectively pregnancies ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Preeclampsia (PE) and fetal growth restriction (FGR) are both placenta-mediated disorders with unclear pathogenesis. Metabolomics of maternal and fetal pairs might help in understanding these disorders. We recruited prospectively pregnancies with normotensive FGR, PE without FGR, PE + FGR and uncomplicated pregnancies as controls. Nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics were applied on plasma samples collected at delivery. Advanced lipoprotein, glycoprotein and choline profiling was performed using the Liposcale test. The software package Dolphin was used to quantify 24 low-molecular-weight metabolites. Statistical analysis comprised the comparison between each group of complicated pregnancies versus controls, considering 5% false discovery rate correction. Lipid profiles were altered in accordance with the clinical presentation of these disorders. Specifically, PE mothers and FGR fetuses (with or without FGR or PE, respectively) exhibited a pro-atherogenic and pro-inflammatory profile, with higher concentrations of triglycerides, remnant cholesterol (VLDL, IDL) and Glc/GalNAc-linked and lipid-associated glycoproteins compared to controls. Low-molecular-weight metabolites were extensively disturbed in preeclamptic mothers, with or without FGR. Growth restricted fetuses in the presence of PE showed changes in low-molecular-weight metabolites similar to their mothers (increased creatine and creatinine), while normotensive FGR fetuses presented scarce differences, consistent with undernutrition (lower isoleucine). Further research is warranted to clarify maternal and fetal adaptations to PE and FGR.
    Keywords Medicine ; R ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 610
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Nature Portfolio
    Document type Article ; Online
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  10. Article: Familial Psychosis Associated With a Missense Mutation at

    Pol-Fuster, Josep / Cañellas, Francesca / Ruiz-Guerra, Laura / Medina-Dols, Aina / Bisbal-Carrió, Bàrbara / Asensio, Víctor / Ortega-Vila, Bernat / Marzese, Diego / Vidal, Carme / Santos, Carmen / Lladó, Jerònia / Olmos, Gabriel / Heine-Suñer, Damià / Strauch, Konstantin / Flaquer, Antònia / Vives-Bauzà, Cristòfol

    Frontiers in genetics

    2021  Volume 12, Page(s) 622886

    Abstract: Psychosis is a highly heritable and heterogeneous psychiatric condition. Its genetic architecture is thought to be the result of the joint effect of common and rare variants. Families with high prevalence are an interesting approach to shed light on the ... ...

    Abstract Psychosis is a highly heritable and heterogeneous psychiatric condition. Its genetic architecture is thought to be the result of the joint effect of common and rare variants. Families with high prevalence are an interesting approach to shed light on the rare variant's contribution without the need of collecting large cohorts. To unravel the genomic architecture of a family enriched for psychosis, with four affected individuals, we applied a system genomic approach based on karyotyping, genotyping by whole-exome sequencing to search for rare single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and SNP array to search for copy-number variants (CNVs). We identified a rare non-synonymous variant, g.39914279 C > G, in the
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-07
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2606823-0
    ISSN 1664-8021
    ISSN 1664-8021
    DOI 10.3389/fgene.2021.622886
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