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BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Burnout is more common among healthcare professionals, that is an important problem of professional distress that can seriously affect healthcare professionals’ emotional state, health, medical quality and doctor-patient relationship. However,
Jing Wang +3 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 Objective: To detect the initiation of swallowing in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) as well as the relationship between the initiation of swallowing and the prognosis of DOC patients.Methods: Nineteen DOC patients were included in this ...
Jianan Wang +11 more
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Cortical excitability signatures for the degree of sleepiness in human
eLife, 2021 Sleep is essential in maintaining physiological homeostasis in the brain. While the underlying mechanism is not fully understood, a ‘synaptic homeostasis’ theory has been proposed that synapses continue to strengthen during awake and undergo downscaling ...
Chin-Hsuan Chia +12 more
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Simplified sleep resistance test for daytime sleepiness detection [PDF]
Sleep Science, 2021 Objectives: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a highly prevalent symptom that increases the risk of traffic accidents and deteriorates the quality of life.
Luis Darío Larrateguy +4 more
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Wakefulness affects synaptic and network activity by increasing extracellular astrocyte-derived adenosine [PDF]
, 2012 Loss of sleep causes an increase in sleep drive and deficits in hippocampal-dependent memory. Both of these responses are thought to require activation of adenosine A1 receptors (adorA1Rs) and release of transmitter molecules including ATP, which is ...
Schmitt, L. Ian +9 more
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The role of the circadian system in maintaining homeostasis of the mammalian organism (literature review) [PDF]
Вестник Витебского государственного медицинского университета, 2022 One of the most significant factors that affect life on our planet is the cyclic change of day and night. For successful adaptation to and survival in the environment, various creatures from unicellular to mammals have developed mechanisms of ...
Е.S. Pashinskaya, V.V. Pabiarzhyn
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Characterization of aEEG During Sleep and Wakefulness in Healthy Children
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 IntroductionInterpretation of amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) is hindered by lacking knowledge on physiological background patterns in children. The aim of this study was to find out whether aEEG differs between wakefulness and sleep in children ...
Verena T. Löffelhardt +9 more
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Sleep-wake sensitive mechanisms of adenosine release in the basal forebrain of rodents : an in vitro study [PDF]
, 2013 Adenosine acting in the basal forebrain is a key mediator of sleep homeostasis. Extracellular adenosine concentrations increase during wakefulness, especially during prolonged wakefulness and lead to increased sleep pressure and subsequent rebound sleep.
Sims, Robert E. +11 more
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Hypersomnia associated with bilateral posterior hypothalamic lesion - A polysomnographic case study [PDF]
, 2003 We examined an obese 58-year-old patient with a bilateral posterior hypothalamic lesion of unknown etiology. A 24-hour polysomnography revealed a markedly increased total sleep time (17.6 h). During daytime, only 3 continuous wake phases occurred.
Uttner, I. +6 more
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Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 Background/Objective: Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) have been reported to affect caregiver burden in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB).
Hideki Kanemoto +8 more
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