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Sleep: not such a waste [PDF]

open access: possibleNature Reviews Neuroscience, 2013
A study in mice suggests that an important function of sleep may be the removal of waste products from the brain.
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Sleep and sleep substances

Brain and Development, 1986
Time-consuming studies in search of an endogenously occurring sleep substance started early in this century. The historical background of this field of sleep science is briefly reviewed. The search for "sleep-promoting substance (SPS)" started in 1972.
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Sleep on it

Science, 2017
Evidence of sleep-induced weakening of synapses lends support for a controversial ...
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Sleep on It!

Scientific American Mind, 2018
The article focuses on research into the physiology of sleep. It mentions a research study by Carol Everson in 1989 which found rats totally deprived of sleep died within a month, and comments on the need for rapid eye movement sleep. It comments on intractable insomnia which is caused by inherited prions that damaged regions in the thalamus and ...
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Sleep, sleep apnea, and epilepsy [PDF]

open access: possibleCurrent Treatment Options in Neurology, 2004
Sleep disorders occur commonly in patients with epilepsy, and can be responsible for symptoms of daytime somnolence and also can contribute to the intractability of epilepsy. The most important aspect of treating sleep disorders, especially sleep apnea, is the recognition of the problem.
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Sleep and epilepsy

Current Opinion in Neurology, 2000
AbstractThe neurophysiology of the brain is complicated and nuanced. It is responsible for the normal sleep/wake states that every person experiences, and for the changes in brain neurophysiology that result in epileptic seizures and in disorders of sleep. It is therefore not surprising that sleep, sleep disorders, and epilepsy interact on many levels.
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Sleep and sleep disorders in pregnancy

2020
Pregnancy is associated with a number of physiologic changes in the body including hormonal, anatomical, and mechanical. These changes alter many physiologic functions including sleep. The literature suggests that a number of women develop changes in duration, pattern, and quality of sleep during pregnancy.
Vikram Singh Rawat, Ravi Gupta
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Sleep the good sleep

New Scientist, 2017
Walker discusses on how people can protect themselves from Alzheimer's disease by having enough sleep. As a sleep scientist, he became interested in this connection some years ago, where he found out not only does sleep disruption play a role in the declining mental abilities that typify Alzheimer's disease, but getting enough sleep is one of the most ...
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Sleep-Walking and Sleep Activities

Journal of Mental Science, 1946
Sleep-walking, which is a fairly frequent symptom in children, is less common in adults, and, though fascinating, this subject has not yet received as much attention as its importance deserves. In the Text-Book of Medicine edited by Price there is no mention of this symptom.
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Sleep and Sleep Disorders

2012
Nearly all drugs of abuse and alcohol have considerable effects on sleep efficiency, sleep continuity, sleep stages, and consequent next-day alertness. It has been hypothesized that such drug effects on sleep and wake function may act as contributing factors in maintaining compulsive and excessive drug use, as well as factors that increase the risk for
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