The toll of 24/7 societal demands: the brain health risks of shift work

Masoud Tahmasian^{1

2

3}, Vincent Küppers^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behaviour (INM-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
³ Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Editorial

Masoud Tahmasian et al. Sleep. 2024.

. 2024 Sep 9;47(9):zsae134.

doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsae134.

Masoud Tahmasian^{1

2

3}, Vincent Küppers^{1

2

3}

¹ Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain and Behaviour (INM-7), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
² Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
³ Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Comment on

Impact of sleep disturbance in shift workers on hippocampal volume and psychomotor speed.
Song Y, Kim S, Joo Y, Ha E, Shim Y, Lee H, Jeong H, Lyoo I, Yoon S, Lee S. Song Y, et al. Sleep. 2024 Sep 9;47(9):zsae100. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsae100. Sleep. 2024. PMID: 38666299

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