We have touched on inflammation as a central pathway connecting sleep disorders and dementia (episode 99), injury (episode 70), pain (episode 48), and cardiovascular disease (episode 35). In this episode, we shine the spotlight directly on inflammation and learn how it is connected to sleep. In this episode we will:Examine the reciprocal relationship between inflammation and sleepUnderstand how cytokines play a role in the inflammatory cascade, but also in sleep regulationLearn the circumstances that tend to raise cytokine levels, including sleep deprivation, sleep disruption, and excessive sleepExplore severe situations of sleep deprivation in animal models and learn how the resultant "cytokine storm" is virtually incompatible with lifeFollow the link between inflammation and chronic diseases, including dementiaProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!

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