The role of arousal in maintaining the relationship between insomnia and gastrointestinal conditions.

ABSTRACT: The relationship between gastrointestinal (GI) conditions and sleep disturbance has been well established. With a higher-than-average prevalence of sleep disturbance in individuals with GI conditions, it is imperative to better understand the maintaining factors driving this comorbidity. Although there are separate, ongoing investigations into both the biological mechanisms and interventions for the sleep and GI relationship, there is a considerable need to further specify common and mutually influential pathways. In our review, we highlight arousal as both a unifying feature of insomnia and various GI conditions as well as a possible mechanism for action for the bidirectional relationship. This review aims to summarize the relationship between arousal, insomnia, and GI conditions, specifi

SUBMITTER: Rameshkumar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11292074 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature