Episode 67 (Professor Veronique Bach and Dr Sue McCabe)

Thermoregulation in wakefulness and sleep in humans<br/>Veronique Bach, Frederic Telliez, Karen Chardon, Pierre Tourneux, Virginie Cardot, Jean-Pierre Libert<br/><br/>In this episode, we talk more broadly about thermoregulation in wakefulness and sleep in humans - a bit of a deep dive into human physiology. We increasingly understand that there is a relationship between sleep, body temperature regulation and patterns of skin temperature. <br/><br/>The functional consequences of this relationship is that sleep disturbances can be observed with thermoregulatory changes. Knowing that there is this relationship, there are a number of clinical implications that can be influenced by therapists and the environment. <br/><br/>Some considerations include <br/><br/>(1) how thermoregulatory responses can be modified by sleep stages; <br/>(2) how skin and internal body temperatures vary according to the sleep-wake cycle;  <br/>(3) how manipulating thermal parameters can influence sleep quantity and structure.