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ReviewThe European journal of neuroscience2020

Circadian disruption and human health: A bidirectional relationship.

Sabra M Abbott, Roneil G Malkani, Phyllis C Zee

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Review in The European journal of neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
76citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 151 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Circadian Control of Lipid Metabolism.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  15. Circadian nutrition and obesity: timing as a nutritional strategy.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025
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  17. Endothelial metabolic zonation in the vascular network: a spatiotemporal blueprint for angiogenesis.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2025
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16 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sabra M AbbottDepartment of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.ORCID 0000-0002-8947-9649
Roneil G MalkaniDepartment of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
Phyllis C ZeeDepartment of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

SLOW WAVE SLEEP AND TYPE 2 DIABETES RISK IN AGINGP01AG011412 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ZEE, PHYLLIS C. · 1994 to 2021
$31.5M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG011412
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circadian rhythm disorders have been classically associated with disorders of abnormal timing of the sleep-wake cycle, however circadian dysfunction can play a role in a wide range of pathology, ranging from the increased risk for cardiometabolic disease and malignancy in shift workers, prompting the need for a new field focused on the larger concept of circadian medicine. The relationship between circadian disruption and human health is bidirectional, with changes in circadian amplitude often preceding the classical symptoms of neurodegenerative disorders. As our understanding of the importance of circadian dysfunction in disease grows, we need to develop better clinical techniques for identifying circadian rhythms and also develop circadian based strategies for disease management. Overall this review highlights the need to bring the concept of time to all aspects of medicine, emphasizing circadian medicine as a prime example of both personalized and precision medicine.

Indexed as

MelatoninNeurodegenerative DiseasesCircadian RhythmHumansMelatoninchronotherapymelatoninneurodegenerative diseaseshift work

Identifiers

PMID30549337
PMCPMC7261021
OpenAlexW2904994316

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Registered trials

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