| ACE | Adaptive Consolidation Efficiency |
| ACSL1 | Acyl-CoA Synthetase Long-Chain Family Member 1 |
| ADP | Adenosine Diphosphate |
| AMP | Adenosine Monophosphate |
| AMPK | AMP-Activated Protein Kinase |
| ATF2 | Activating Transcription Factor 2 |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| BMAL1 | Brain and Muscle ARNT-Like 1 |
| CaMKII | Calcium/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II |
| CD14/CD16 | Cluster of Differentiation 14/16 |
| COXIV | Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit IV |
| CRP | C-Reactive Protein |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| ECG | Electrocardiogram |
| FASEB | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology |
| GH | Growth Hormone |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| HDL | High-Density Lipoprotein |
| HERITAGE | HEalth, RIsk factors, exercise Training And GEnetics (Family Study) |
| HF | High Frequency (heart-rate-variability spectral band) |
| HIIE | High-Intensity Interval Exercise |
| HO-1 | Heme Oxygenase 1 |
| HRV | Heart-Rate Variability |
| IGF-1 | Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase |
| MEF2 | Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2 |
| mTOR/mTORC1 | Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin/Complex 1 |
| NFAT1 | Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cells 1 |
| NRF-1 | Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1 |
| PDK4 | Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Kinase 4 |
| PGC-1α | Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator-1 Alpha |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PSG | Polysomnography |
| RMSSD | Root Mean Square of Successive Differences (heart-rate-variability index) |
| RNA | Ribonucleic Acid |
| SDNN | Standard Deviation of NN (Normal-to-Normal) Intervals |
| SGA | Sleep-Gated Adaptation |
| SNP | Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism |
| TFAM | Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A |
| UCP3 | Uncoupling Protein 3 |
| Ulk1 | Unc-51-Like Autophagy Activating Kinase 1 |
| VO2max/VO2peak | Maximal/Peak Oxygen Uptake |