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ReviewClocks & sleep2024

Disrupted Circadian Rhythms and Substance Use Disorders: A Narrative Review.

Pallavi Sharma, Randy J Nelson

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Review in Clocks & sleep, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Therapeutic prospects of bright light therapy in addictive disorders: a scoping review.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  4. The use ofFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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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

2 authors.

Pallavi SharmaDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-1485-2386
Randy J NelsonDepartment of Neuroscience, Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8194-4016

Funding

Effects of Light at Night and Disrupted Circadian Rhythms on PainR21AT011238 · NCCIH · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI NELSON, RANDY J. · 2021 to 2022
$418k
Mechanism Underlying Sleep Disruption by Mammary TumorsR21CA276027 · NCI · WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY · PI DEVRIES, ANNE COURTNEY, NELSON, RANDY J. · 2023 to 2024
$382k
National Science Foundation 2242771NCCIH NIH HHS R21 AT011238NCI NIH HHS R21 CA276027NIH HHS R21 R21CA276027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Substance use disorder is a major global health concern, with a high prevalence among adolescents and young adults. The most common substances of abuse include alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, nicotine, and opiates. Evidence suggests that a mismatch between contemporary lifestyle and environmental demands leads to disrupted circadian rhythms that impair optimal physiological and behavioral function, which can increase the vulnerability to develop substance use disorder and related problems. The circadian system plays an important role in regulating the sleep-wake cycle and reward processing, both of which directly affect substance abuse. Distorted substance use can have a reciprocal effect on the circadian system by influencing circadian clock gene expression. Considering the detrimental health consequences and profound societal impact of substance use disorder, it is crucial to comprehend its complex association with circadian rhythms, which can pave the way for the generation of novel chronotherapeutic treatment approaches. In this narrative review, we have explored the potential contributions of disrupted circadian rhythms and sleep on use and relapse of different substances of abuse. The involvement of circadian clock genes with drug reward pathways is discussed, along with the potential research areas that can be explored to minimize disordered substance use by improving circadian hygiene.

Indexed as

artificial light at nightcircadian rhythmsclock genessleepsubstance use disorders

Identifiers

PMID39189197
PMCPMC11348162

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Registered trials

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