Researchers at UCLA are investigating the role of a sleep-regulating gene in the skeletal muscle of mice.
“When we first saw the importance of the muscle, we were surprised,” said senior author Ketema Paul, UCLA associate professor of integrative biology and physiology. “At first we didn’t believe it, so we repeated the experiment several times. We finally realized this is not a mistake; this is real.”
The research, published in the journal eLife, is the first evidence that a biological clock in the muscle can communicate with the brain, and is potentially good news for people who lose sleep because of factors including a crying newborn or a job that does not allow for normal sleep cycles, such as active military service.
Read more at www.newsroom.ucla.edu
Thank you Ketema Paul for bringing this important information to us. Insomnia can result in a significant reduction of quality of life and medical problems.
Traditional treatments for insomnia frequently fail as they are unable to treat the real cause.
Of course poor sleep hygiene can be a cause.
A frequently missed cause can be a lower jaw sitting too far back in the joint space. This pinches nerves causing an unsettled nervous system and insomnia.
A jaw sitting too far back usually presents no symptoms that can be recognized by either the person or by the dentist. It can go undiagnosed for a lifetime resulting in years of insomnia.
Insomnia patients having difficulty obtaining results with traditional treatment would be well advised to obtain an oral appliance designed to treat obstructive sleep apnea.
Any of these oral sleep appliances will support the jaw in a position that relieves the pinched nerves allowing relaxation of the nervous system and an improved sleep. They are worn every night, all night.
Anyone, with a jaw sitting too far back, will not be able to obtain successful results with any treatment for insomnia until the jaw is supported more forward during sleep.
Thank you for your research into this most important area.