Sites of action of sleep and wake drugs: insights from model organisms [PDF]
, 2013 Small molecules have been used since antiquity to regulate our sleep. Despite the explosion of diverse drugs to treat problems of too much or too little sleep, the detailed mechanisms of action and especially the neuronal targets by which these compounds
Rihel, J, Schier, AF
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Unveiling sleep mysteries: neurobiology of dreaming [PDF]
, 2020 Dreaming is the result of the mental activity of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep stage, and less commonly of non-REM sleep. Dreams offer unique insights into the patients' brains, minds, and emotions.
Gomes, M. da Mota
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The sleep cycle: a mathematical analysis from a global workspace perspective [PDF]
, 2005 Dretske's technique of invoking necessary conditions from information theory to describe mental process can be used to derive a version of Hobson's AIM treatment of the sleep/wake cycle from a mathematical formulation of Baars' Global Workspace model of ...
Wallace, Rodrick
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Waking up to sleep-disordered breathing [PDF]
Thorax, 2010 In 1997 Wright and colleagues1 published a systematic review on the health effects of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSA) and the effectiveness of treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). They concluded that there was limited evidence of increased mortality or morbidity in patients with OSA, and that the evidence linking the ...
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Workaholism, intensive smartphone use, and the sleep-wake cycle: A multiple mediation analysis [PDF]
, 2019 Recent contributions have reported sleep disorders as one of the health impairment outcomes of workaholism. A possible factor affecting the sleep-wake cycle might be the intensive use of smartphones.
Balducci C. +4 more
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Diagnostics methods for sleep disorders [PDF]
, 2005 The aim of this manuscript is to describe the procedures, recommendations, findings and value of the diagnostic methods used in Sleep Disorders including questionnaires, Actigraph, Polysomnography and Multiple sleep latency test.
Smith, Anna Karla, Togeiro, Sonia Maria
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Armodafinil-induced wakefulness in animals with ventrolateral preoptic lesions [PDF]
, 2014 Armodafinil is the pharmacologically active R-enantiomer of modafinil, a widely prescribed wake-promoting agent used to treat several sleep-related disorders including excessive daytime sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder ...
Fuller, Patrick M +2 more
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PREVALENCE OF SLEEP – WAKE CYCLE DISTURBANCE AMONG CANCER PATIENTS OF BHAKTAPUR CANCER HOSPITAL, NEPAL [PDF]
, 2016 Â ABSTRACTÂ Background: Cancer patients are at great risk for developing insomnia and disorders of the sleep-wake cycle. Insomnia is the most common sleep disturbance in this population and is most often secondary to physical and/or psychological factors
Radha, Acharya Pandey
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Sleep-wake cycle effects on sleep stages, and plasma cortisol and growth secretions [PDF]
Studies were made of the effects of various stimuli on sleep stages and of secretion of a number of different hormones during sleep in human subjects. Among the stimuli were vestibular stimulation, the action of L-Dopa, and a three-hour sleep-wake cycle.
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Changes in objectively measured sleep after a multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention in children with abdominal obesity: A randomized trial [PDF]
, 2023 Background/objective: childhood obesity and sleep disorders have a well-established cross-sectional association, but lifestyle interventions’ effects on sleep quality remain under-researched.
Azcona-San-Julian, M.C. (María Cristina) +3 more
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