ArticleMolecular and cellular biochemistry2017
Withania somnifera as a potential anxiolytic and immunomodulatory agent in acute sleep deprived female Wistar rats.
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- A crosstalk between the immune system and obstructive sleep apnea.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Medicinal Plants and Lead Phytomolecules as Immunomodulators: An Updated Review.BioMed research international · 2026Review
- Amelioration and Immuno-modulation by Ashwagandha on Wi-fi Induced Oxidative Stress in Regulating Reproduction Via Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Male Japanese Quail.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2025Article
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- Ameliorating effect of chotosan and its active component,Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
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- Efficacy and Anti-Inflammatory Activity of Ashwagandha Sustained-Release Formulation on Depression and Anxiety Induced by Chronic Unpredictable Stress: in vivo and in vitro Studies.Journal of experimental pharmacology · 2023Article
- Myricetin prevents sleep deprivation-induced cognitive impairment and neuroinflammation in rat brainThe Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2022Article
- Acute Sleep Deprivation-Induced Anxiety and Disruption of Hypothalamic Cell Survival and Plasticity: A Mechanistic Study of Protection by Butanol Extract of Tinospora cordifolia.Neurochemical research · 2022Article
- Butanol Extract of Tinospora cordifolia Alleviates Acute Sleep Deprivation-Induced Impairments in Cognitive Functions and Neuromuscular Coordination in Middle-Aged Female Rats.Neuromolecular medicine · 2022Article
- Acute sleep deprivation disrupts emotion, cognition, inflammation, and cortisol in young healthy adults.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Article
- Immunomodulatory Effect ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Sleep is a profound regulator of cellular immunity, and the curtailment of sleep in present day lifestyle leads to disruption of neuro-immune-endocrine interactions. No therapeutic remedy is yet known for the amelioration of detrimental effects caused by sleep deprivation (SD). The current study was aimed to elucidate the effects of acute SD on immune function and its modulation by water extract from leaves of Withania somnifera (ASH-WEX). Three groups of animals, i.e. Vehicle-Undisturbed sleep (VUD), Vehicle-Sleep deprived (VSD) and ASH-WEX fed sleep deprived (WSD) rats were tested for their anxiety-like behaviour and further used for the study of inflammatory and apoptotic markers expression in piriform cortex and hippocampus regions of the brain. VSD animals showed high level of anxiety in elevated plus maze test, which was ameliorated in WSD group. The stress induced expression of inflammatory and immune response markers GFAP, TNFα, IL-6, OX-18 and OX-42 in VSD animals was found to be modulated by ASH-WEX. Further, the stress induced apoptosis was suppressed in WSD group as indicated by expression of NF-κB, AP-1, Bcl-xL and Cytochrome c. This study provides scientific validation to the anxiolytic, anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties of ASH-WEX, which may serve as an effective dietary supplement for management of SD induced stress and associated functional impairments.
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