Dynamic Structure of Nrem Sleep

By Robert Bodizs and Robert Bodizs

Book Overview

Introduction.- Development of the concept of wake- and sleep -promoting systems in the brainstem and hypothalamus.- Dynamic NREM sleep regulation models.- Recognition of spontaneous and evoked arousal- and sleep-like (antiarousal) phasic events.- The cyclic structure of sleep - Relationship between the macro-structural slopes of cycles and micro-structural dynamics.- Changing views of NREM sleep homeostatic regulation.- Homeostatic features of CAP system and the physiological mechanism of reactive slow wave activity.- Slow wave activity as substrate of homeostatic regulation.- Need of slow wave activity and cognitive functions.- Overview.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447159349
• ISBN13: 9781447159346
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 125 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"