Toning down a jumpy sympathetic nervous system will encourage a balanced sleep/wake cycle in perimenopausal women.

缓和跳跃的交感神经系统将促进更年期妇女睡眠/唤醒周期的平衡。

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This could be due to the effects of our natural sleep-wake cycle, or circadian rhythm, the researchers suggest.

研究者表明，这是由于我们的自然睡眠-觉醒周期或者昼夜节律的影响。

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“The SNC is where you have the axis for the sleep/wake cycle and the axis for all the endocrine glands that affect monthly reproductive rhythms, ” says Dr. Yan-Go.

SNC是睡眠/唤醒周期的轴心，也是影响每月生殖节律的所有内分泌腺的轴心。

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Impairment in the body's internal clock, ultimately disrupting a person's sleep-wake cycle, is just one of the potential symptoms of dementia.

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Melatonin products are usually synthetic versions of the hormone made naturally by the pineal gland, in the brain, which helps regulate the body's sleep-wake cycle.

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Sharing a bed may also reduce cytokines, involved in inflammation, and boost oxytocin, the so-called love hormone that is known to ease anxiety and is produced in the same part of the brain responsible for the sleep-wake cycle.

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