Neurobiology of NREM Sleep and Thermoregulation in Sleep
Fig. 8.1 Diurnal rhythms of sleep and waking states (top) and body temperature (bottom) in a squirrel monkey entrained to a 12/12-hr light/dark cycle. A awake; T transitional sleep; S non-REM…
Fatigue in Clinical Practice
Patients choose a number from 1 to 7 that shows their degree of agreement with every statement, where 1 indicates strongly disagree and 7 indicates strongly agree • My motivation…
Maintenance of Wakefulness Test
Maintenance of wakefulness test Multiple sleep latency test Overnight polysomnogram required prior to test No Yes Recording montage EEG (C3-A2,C4-A1,01-A2,02-A1), EOG (left and right), EMG (submetal), EKG EEG (C3-A2,C4-A1,01-A2,02-A1),…
Approach to Sleep Disorders in the Traditional School of Indian Medicine: Alternative Medicine II
Sedative herbs Stimulant herbs Acorus calamus Linn Erythrina indica Lam Aconitum ferox Wallb Actaea racemosa (Linn) Nutt Euphorbia hirta Linn Alstonia venenata Alangium begoniaefolium (Roxb) Ferula sumbul Anamirta cocculus (Linn)…
Sleep and Alternative Medicine: I
Symptoms CAM Nervousness, trembling, headaches, heart palpitations, gastrointestinal spasms and distress, epileptic seizures, and attention-deficit hyperactive disorder, during menopause Valerian Nervous tension Skull cap, valerian Depression St. John’s wort Sleep…
Sleep Disorders in the Elderly
Fig. 51.1 a Electroencephalogram shows transient burst of delta activity in the left temporal, and occasionally also in the right temporal, region in a 94-year-old woman with a history of syncope….
Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder
Fig. 49.1 Muscle tone during REM sleep in a normal subject, and in patients with REM sleep behavior disorder. The figure shows representative examples of 30 s polysomnogram epochs recorded during REM…
Phylogeny of Sleep
Fig. 9.1 The Fruit Fly (drosophila melanogaster) Fig. 9.2 The Zebra Fish (danio reiro) Fig. 9.3 The Round Worm (caenorhabditis elegans) A model organism is a model only if, despite…
Nutrition and Sleep
• Acetylcholine • Adenosine • Agouti-related peptide • Angiotensin II • Calbindin • Calcitonin gene-related peptide • Cholecystokinin • Cocaine– and amphetamine–regulating transcript peptide • Corticotropin-releasing hormone • Cortisol •…
Epidemiology: Principles and Application in Sleep Medicine
For example, what is the probability that our snoring patient has sleep apnea? We know from literature that about 90 % of patients with obstructive sleep apnea snore (sensibility). We also…
