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Microsleep versus Sleep Onset Latency during Maintenance Wakefulness Tests: Which One Is the Best Marker of Sleepiness?

Clocks & Sleep, 2021
The interpretation of the Maintenance Wakefulness Test (MWT) relies on sleep onset detection. However, microsleeps (MSs), i.e., brief periods of sleep intrusion during wakefulness, may occur before sleep onset.
Pierre Pradat, Hélène Bastuji, Laure Peter-Derex   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Boundary-Dependent Sleep-Wake Dysregulation in Idiopathic Hypersomnia. [PDF]

Ann Clin Transl Neurol
ABSTRACT Objective Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) presents with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) despite apparently preserved nocturnal sleep, challenging traditional models of hypersomnolence based on sleep loss or fragmentation. We aimed to test the hypothesis that EDS in IH reflects excessive stabilization of the sleep state, consistent with ...
Mombelli S, Lacourse K, Blais H, Deshaies-Rugama AS, Thompson C, Desautels A, Montplaisir J, Nigam M, Moderie C, Khajehpiri B, Duclos C, Lina JM, Carrier J, Gosselin N.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

In the Wake of the Wake of the Wake [PDF]

Wasafiri, 2021
My favourite Simon Armitage poem, ‘Homecoming’, begins, ‘Think, two things on their own and both at once’, and tells, in brief, through juxtapositions of imagery, the story of a subject, ‘you’, a l...
openaire   +1 more source

Study protocol: Developing telephone follow-up scale for patients with disorders of consciousness

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundThe significant lack of rehabilitation prognostic data is the main reason that affects the treatment decision-making and ethical issues of patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC).
Fangfang Shou, Fangfang Shou, Jing Wang, Steven Laureys, Steven Laureys, Lijuan Cheng, Wangshan Huang, Haibo Di   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insomnia, Pre-Sleep Arousal, Psychosocial Factors and Changes in Sleep Pattern during the Second Wave Lockdown of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Georgia

Brain Sciences, 2021
Studies performed across the COVID-19 pandemic waves point to the persistent impact of the pandemic on sleep and mental health. We expand these data by examining insomnia, pre-sleep arousal, psychosocial factors, and retrospective changes in sleep ...
Tamar Basishvili, Nikoloz Oniani, Irine Sakhelashvili, Marine Eliozishvili, Manana Khizanashvili, Mariam Arabidze, Mariam Tsaava, Tinatini Charekishvili, Nino Tsertsvadze, Nato Darchia   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hypnagogia: The nature and function of the hypnagogic state [PDF]

, 1983
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.An analysis of the hypnagogic state (hypnagogia) leads to the conclusion that, far from being a simple phase of sleep, this state or process is a central ...
Mavromatis, Andreas
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Estimating the Minimal Number of Repeated Examinations for Random Responsiveness With the Coma Recovery Scale—Revised as an Example

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2021
Objective: The aim of this study was to develop a general method to estimate the minimal number of repeated examinations needed to detect patients with random responsiveness, given a limited rate of missed diagnosis.Methods: Basic statistical theory was ...
Hao Yang, Chengyin Ye, Xiaochen Liu, Lingxiu Sun, Anqi Wang, Jing Wang, Nantu Hu, Xiaohua Hu, Olivia Gosseries, Steven Laureys, Haibo Di, Jiqian Fang   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neurofeedback to improve wakefulness maintenance ability

International audienceThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an EEG-based neurofeedback (NF) program on the ability to maintain wakefulness in healthy subjects, after a controlled one-night complete sleep debt condition.
Taillard, Jacques, Monseigne, Thibaut, Philip, Pierre, Micoulaud-Franchi, Jean-Arthur, Abi-Saab, Poeiti, Lotte, Fabien, Jeunet-Kelway, Camille, Pelou, Marie   +7 more
core   +11 more sources

Olfactory Stimulation and the Diagnosis of Patients With Disorders of Consciousness: A Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022
ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to determine whether behavioral responses elicited by olfactory stimulation are a predictor of conscious behavioral response and prognosis of patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC).MethodsTwenty-three DOC ...
Jing Wang, Jing Wang, Shaoming Zhang, Wenbin Liu, Yao Zhang, Zhouyao Hu, Ziwei Sun, Haibo Di   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The misdiagnosis of prolonged disorders of consciousness by a clinical consensus compared with repeated coma-recovery scale-revised assessment

BMC Neurology, 2020
Background Previous studies have shown that a single Coma-Recovery Scale-Revision (CRS-R) assessment can identify high rates of misdiagnosis by clinical consensus.
Jing Wang, Xiaohua Hu, Zhouyao Hu, Ziwei Sun, Steven Laureys, Haibo Di   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source