Insomnia and Telomere Length in Older Adults | Zendy

Judith Carroll | Zendy; Stephanie Esquivel | Zendy; Alyssa Goldberg | Zendy; Teresa E. Seeman | Zendy; Rita B. Effros | Zendy; Jeffrey Dock | Zendy; Richard Olmstead | Zendy; Elizabeth C. Breen | Zendy; Michael R. Irwin | Zendy

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Insomnia and Telomere Length in Older Adults

Author(s) -

Judith Carroll,

Stephanie Esquivel,

Alyssa Goldberg,

Teresa E. Seeman,

Rita B. Effros,

Jeffrey Dock,

Richard Olmstead,

Elizabeth C. Breen,

Michael R. Irwin

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.5665/sleep.5526

Subject(s) - telomere , insomnia , primary insomnia , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , medicine , cellular aging , sleep disorder , biology , psychiatry , genetics , gene , in vitro

Insomnia, particularly in later life, may raise the risk for chronic diseases of aging and mortality through its effect on cellular aging. The current study examines the effects of insomnia on telomere length, a measure of cellular aging, and tests whether insomnia interacts with chronological age to increase cellular aging.

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