| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 639 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Energy processes underlying the sleep-wake cycle -- Humoral mechanisms of sleep -- Neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and sleep -- A possible role for sleep in synaptic homeostasis -- Electroencephalography, polysomnography, and other sleep recording systems -- Brain imaging on passing to sleep -- Hypothalamic mechanisms of sleep: perspective from neuronal unit recording studies -- A physiological view of REM sleep structure -- The power of behavioral analysis in understanding sleep mechanisms -- Animal sleep: phylogenetic correlations -- Remarks on sensory neurophysiological mechanisms participating in active sleep processes -- The problem of causal determination of sleep behaviour -- Control of muscle tone across the sleep-wake cycle -- Neural control of breathing in sleep |
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Reflex cardiovascular control in sleep -- Regulation of cerebral circulation during sleep -- Central neural mechanisms underlying disordered breathing and cardiovascular control during sleep -- Sleep behaviour and temperature -- Thermoregulation and sleep in the human -- Endocrine correlates of sleep in humans -- The use of melatonin as a chronobiotic-cytoprotective agent in sleep disorders -- What individual neurones tell us about encoding and sensory processing in sleep -- Human auditory information processing during sleep assessed with evoked potentials -- Cognitive aspects of sleep: perception, mentation, and dreaming -- Interactions between sleep, wakefulness and the olfactory system -- Sleep and memory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sleep -- Physiological aspects.
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Brain -- physiology.
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Physiological Phenomena.
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Sleep -- physiology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Parmeggiani, P. L. (Pier Luigi), 1928-
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Velluti, Ricardo A.
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| ISBN |
1281867071 |
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1860945570 (hdbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1860947182 (electronic bk.) |
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9781281867070 |
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9781860945571 (hdbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9781860947186 (electronic bk.) |
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(hdbk. ; alk. paper) |
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