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Sleep and Wakefulness

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Published: 15th September 1987
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For half a century, "Sleep and Wakefulness" has been a valuable reference work. It discusses phases of the sleep cycle, experimental work on sleep and wakefulness, sleep disorders and their treatment, and such sleep-like states as hypnosis and hibernation.

Functional Differences between Sleep and Wakefulness
Introduction: Definition of Terms
Position of the Body, Skeletal Musculature
The Nervous System
Brain Potentials
The Blood
The Circulation
Respiration
Digestion, Metabolism, Body Temperature, and Excretion
Course of Events during the Sleep Phase
The Onset of Sleep
Motility during Sleep
Dreaming
The Depth of Sleep
Duration of Sleep
Awakening
Periodicity
The 24-Hour Sleep-Wakefulness and Body-Temperature Rhythms
24-Hour Variation in Activity and Performance
24-Hour Variation in Visceral Activity
Modifiability of the 24-Hour Periodicities
Meteorological and Seasonal Influences
Interference with Sleep and Wakefulness
Deprivation of Sleep
Spontaneous Changes in the Sleep-Wakefulness Rhythm
Narcolepsy, Cataplexy, and Sleep Paralysis
Encephalitis Lethargica
Catalepsy and Epilepsy
Hypersomnias and Comas
Insomnia or Hyposomnia
Sleep Abnormalities and Disturbances
Means of Influencing Sleep and Wakefulness
The Pharmacology of Sleep and Wakefulness
The Hygiene of Sleep and Wakefulness
States Resembling Sleep
Hibernation
Hypnosis
Theories of Sleep
Neural Theories of Sleep
Humoral Theories of Sleep
The Sleep-Center Problem
The Evolutionary Theory of Sleep and Wakefulness
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index
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ISBN: 9780226440736
ISBN-10: 0226440737
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 560
Published: 15th September 1987
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 14.8  x 2.9
Weight (kg): 0.848