Case report, 2000
Do sleep and body temperature rhythms change with the menstrual cycle?
Yes. In this woman with PMS, her sleep rhythm shifted forward in the first half of her cycle and backward in the second half. Her body temperature rhythm showed similar changes but started a few days earlier.
What they did
Researchers tracked one woman's sleep rhythm, body temperature, and melatonin levels across multiple menstrual cycles.
What they found
Her sleep rhythm shifted forward during the follicular phase and backward during the luteal phase. Her body temperature rhythm showed similar changes but started a few days earlier, causing the two rhythms to become out of sync around ovulation and menstruation.
What it means for you
Hormones from the ovaries may control the body's daily sleep and temperature rhythms. This is just one woman, so we do not know if this pattern happens in all people with PMS.
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woman studied
About the study
- Original title
- Menstrual changes in sleep, rectal temperature and melatonin rhythms in a subject with premenstrual syndrome
- Authors
- Shinohara K, Uchiyama M, Okawa M et al.
- Journal
- Neuroscience letters
- Year
- 2000
- Study design
- Case report
- What was tested
- None (observational study of menstrual cycle)
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3940(00)00826-0
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