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Authors · Year
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What it demonstrates
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Journal · IF
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DOI
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1
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Xie et al. (Nedergaard lab) · 2013
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Sleep drives metabolite clearance from the adult brain — the discovery of the glymphatic system. During sleep the brain washes itself. Without deep sleep, waste accumulates.
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Science · IF 56.9
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2
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Vaccaro, Kaplan et al. · 2020
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Sleep loss can cause death through accumulation of reactive oxygen species in the gut. Sleep deprivation kills through gut oxidative stress.
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Cell · IF 45.5
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3
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Allada & Bass · 2021
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Circadian Mechanisms in Medicine. Circadian misalignment alters drug efficacy and cardiovascular risk timing.
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NEJM · IF 158.5
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4
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Bhatt, Czeisler et al. · 2010
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Sleep deprivation and metabolic consequences. Five nights at 5 hours reduce glucose tolerance by 40%.
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Lancet · IF 202.7
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5
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Cappuccio, D'Elia et al. · 2009
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Quantity and Quality of Sleep and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes. Sleeping less than 6 hours increases the risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Diabetes Care · IF 16.2
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6
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Taheri, Lin et al. · 2004
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Short Sleep Duration Is Associated with Reduced Leptin, Elevated Ghrelin, and Increased BMI. Short sleep alters hunger hormones.
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PLOS Medicine · IF 15.8
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7
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Leproult & Van Cauter · 2011
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Effect of 1 week of sleep restriction on testosterone levels in young healthy men. One week of reduced sleep = -15% testosterone.
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JAMA · IF 63.1
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8
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McAlpine, Kiss et al. · 2019
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Sleep modulates haematopoiesis and protects against atherosclerosis. Sleep protects from atherosclerotic plaques by modulating monocytes.
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Nature · IF 64.8
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9
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Walker et al. · 2021
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Why We Sleep revisited: clinical relevance and updated evidence on sleep's functions. The SATED score predicts 10-year morbidity.
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Annual Review of Neuroscience · IF 21.0
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10
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Holth, Fritschi et al. · 2019
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The sleep-wake cycle regulates brain interstitial fluid tau in mice and CSF tau in humans. The sleep-wake cycle regulates tau, a marker of Alzheimer's disease.
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Science · IF 56.9
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11
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Hauner, Gallant et al. · 2020
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Sleep and the gut microbiome: bidirectional relationship and clinical implications. Microbiome diversity predicts sleep quality.
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Cell Host & Microbe · IF 30.3
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12
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Robbins et al. · 2024
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Sleep Health: a multidimensional sleep health score predicts 5-year cardiovascular and metabolic outcomes.
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NEJM Evidence · IF ~20.0
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13
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Vallée · 2026
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From prediction to intervention: causal digital twins for personalized clinical decision support. The methodological framework of the clinical Digital Twin.
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Journal of Translational Medicine
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14
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Fanos, Dessì et al. (Univ. Cagliari) · 2020-2025
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Targeted urinary metabolomics in clinical practice. The world's #1 group in clinical metabolomics — scientific basis of the molecular prescription.
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Multiple high-IF journals
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