Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- * Between 18 and 40 years of age
- * Drug free
- * Established disease-free status
Exclusion Criteria:
- 1. Dietary restrictions
- Participants must not have dietary restrictions that could systematically bias their macronutrient intake. The following will exclude participants from enrolling in the study based on their diet:
- * Participants who choose not to or cannot consume dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese, ice cream)
- 2. Body Composition
- A body mass index (BMI) of 18.5\< \[BMI\] \< 25 kg/m2 and a waist circumference \<94/80cm.
- 3. Psychiatric/psychological suitability
- Each participant will undergo a structured interview (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview) with a qualified OHSU physician. This physician will supervise the administration and scoring of a Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II) questionnaire for each potential participant. The following will exclude individuals from participating based on their psychiatric or psychological evaluation:
- * Individuals with evidence of psychopathology on the BDI-II, or in a structured clinical interview with the physician
- * A history of severe psychiatric illnesses
- * Alcoholism
- * Drug dependency
- * Major depression
- * Manic depressive illness
- * Schizophrenic disorders
- * Panic disorder
- * Generalized anxiety disorder
- * Post-traumatic stress disorder
- * Agoraphobia
- * Claustrophobia
- * Paranoid personality disorder
- * Schizoid personality disorder
- * Schizotypal personality disorder
- * Borderline personality disorder
- * Antisocial personality disorder.
- * History of using antidepressant medication
- * History of using neuroleptic medication
- * History of using tranquilizers
- 4. Drug/alcohol use
- Volunteers must be drug-free (including caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and herbal medications) for the entire duration of the outpatient and in-laboratory study period, with no history of drug or alcohol dependency. All participants must be:
- * Current non-smokers, and are required to have a history of less than 5 'pack years' of smoking
- 5. Medication/drug use
- Volunteers must not be taking any prescribed medications or over the counter medications, with an exception for birth control.
- 6. Prior shift work
- For stability of endogenous circadian rhythmicity, volunteers must have no history of the following 1 year prior to the study:
- * Working irregular day and night hours
- * Regular night work
- * Rotating shift work f
- * Not have traveled more than 1 time zone during 3 months prior to the study
- 7. Chronobiologic and sleep disorders
- * Hypernychthemeral sleep/wake cycle
- * Delayed sleep phase syndrome (wake time \> 2 hours later than desired or habitually after 10:00 AM)
- * Advanced sleep phase syndrome (wake time \> 2 h earlier than desired or habitually before 5:00 AM)
- * Narcolepsy
- * Sleep apnea (apnea index \>15)
- * Insomnia (sleep complaint by history or polygraphically recorded sleep efficiency \< 80%)
- * Hypersomnia
- * Periodic Limb Movement (PLMS) (PLMS index \>15)
- * Nocturnal Paroxysmal Dystonia
- * REM-sleep behavior disorder
- * Nocturnal Enuresis; (self-report and first night in the laboratory)
- * Obstructive sleep apnea (apnea/hypopnea index \>5/h as determined by at-home monitoring)
- * The investigators will also exclude individuals with extreme chronotype using the Horne-Ostberg Morningness/Eveningness questionnaire (i.e., the Owl/Lark Questionnaire)
- 8. Diseases of the Cardiovascular System
- * Hypertension (systolic blood pressure \> 140 or diastolic blood pressure \> 90)
- * Heart failure
- * Cardiomyopathy
- * Cor pulmonale
- * Ischemic heart disease
- * Valvular heart disease
- * History of heart transplantation
- * Cardiac tumors
- * Pericardial disease
- 9. Metabolic Syndrome
- Following American Heart Association cutoffs, participants who have, in addition to abdominal fat (obese exclusion criteria), two or more of these factors will be excluded from the study:
- * HDL cholesterol of less than 40 mg/dL in men or less than 50 mg/dL in women
- * Systolic blood pressure \>135 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure \>85 mmHg
- * Fasting blood glucose ≥ 100 mg/dL
- * Triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dL
- 10. Pre-Diabetes/Diabetes
- For participants who have a fasting blood glucose level of ≥ 100 mg/dL the investigators will measure hemoglobin A1c to exclude for diabetes (HbA1c\>5.7%).
- 11. Hypertension
- An upper cut off of 140/90 mmHg during an office blood pressure measure will be used as an exclusion criterion. After 5 minutes of rest in a seated position, blood pressure will be measured 3 times, taken 1 minute apart. The average will be used to confirm eligibility criteria. Current or history of beta blocker use will also be exclusionary.
- 12. Disorders of the Respiratory System
- * Asthma
- * Cystic fibroses
- * Chronic bronchitis
- * Emphysema
- * Airway obstruction
- * Interstitial lung diseases
- * Pulmonary hypertension
- * Lung neoplasms
- * ARDS
- 13. Disorders of the Kidney and Urinary Tract
- * Acute or chronic renal failure
- * History of renal transplantation
- * Tubulointerstitial diseases of the kidney
- * Urinary tract obstruction
- * Tumors of the urinary tract
- 14. Infectious Diseases
- * Infective endocarditis
- * HIV infection
- * Sexually transmitted diseases \[e.g., syphilis (including congenital syphilis and its sequelae), gonorrhea\],
- * Urinary tract infection
- * Osteomyelitis
- * Brucellosis
- * Toxoplasmosis,
- * Tuberculosis
- * Leptospirosis
- * Lyme disease
- * Mononucleosis
- * Hepatitis
- * Parasitic infections such as malaria, toxoplasmosis, giardiasis, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis
- 15. Disorders of the Gastrointestinal System
- * Esophagitis
- * Peptic ulcer and gastritis
- * Neoplasms of the esophagus, stomach or bowel
- * Disorders of absorption
- * Inflammatory bowel disease
- * Diseases of the small and large intestine
- * Acute appendicitis
- * Cirrhosis or neoplasms of the liver
- * History of liver transplantation
- * Diseases of the gallbladder and bile ducts
- * Pancreatic disease
- 16. Disorders of the Immune System, Connective Tissue and Joints
- * AIDS
- * Systemic lupus erythematosus
- * Rheumatoid arthritis
- * Scleroderma
- * Ankylosing spondylitis
- * Vasculitis
- * Sarcoidosis
- 17. Disorders of the Hematopoietic System
- * Anemia
- * Leukemia
- * Myeloproliferative diseases
- * History of bone marrow transplantation
- 18. Neoplastic Diseases
- * Lymphoma
- * Carcinoma
- * Melanoma
- * Any other neoplastic diseases
- 19. Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
- * Thyroid disease
- * Addison's Disease
- * Cushing's Syndrome
- * Aldosteronism
- * Hypoaldosteronism
- * Pheochromocytoma
- * Disorders of sexual differentiation that require hormone supplementation that may alter body weight
- * Disorders of neuroendocrine regulation
- * Diseases of the anterior pituitary and hypothalamus
- * Hemochromatosis porphyria
- * Wilson's Disease
- * Glycogen storage diseases
- * Diseases of the parathyroid gland
- * Metabolic bone disease
- * Disorders of phosphorus or magnesium metabolism
- * Paget's Disease
- 20. Neurologic Disorders
- * Epilepsy and disorders of consciousness
- * Dementia
- * Amnesic disorders
- * Neoplastic diseases of the central nervous system
- * Demyelinating diseases
- * Parkinson's Disease
- * Muscular dystrophy
- * Myasthenia gravis
- * Periodic paralysis
- * Dermatomyositis
- * Polymyositis
- * Infections of the nervous system
- * Stroke
- * History of transient ischemic attacks
- * Hydrocephalus
- * Tumors of the pituitary gland
- * Pinealoma
- * Intervertebral disc disease
- * Ataxia
- * Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
- * Huntington's Disease
- * Tardive dyskinesia
- * History of recurrent migraine headaches
- * Neuromuscular disease.
- 21. Subjects must not be currently participating in another research study that would influence their safe participation in our study. Subjects must not be participating in a research study in which they do the following:
- * Ingest experimental medication
- * Give blood samples
Ages Eligible for Study:
18 Years to 40 Years (ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Yes