Sleep Deprivation: Basic Science, Physiology and Behavior / Edition 1

by Clete A. Kushida

Overview

Analyzing ground-breaking research, this reference highlights the impact of sleep deprivation on the well-being of the individual and society-presenting current theories on the function of sleep, the effects of sleep deprivation on patients with medical and psychiatric conditions, as well as providing interpretative and methodological results in comparative studies of sleep deprivation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824759490
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/30/2004
Series:	Lung Biology in Health and Disease Series , #192
Pages:	560
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Perspectives; History of Sleep Deprivation; Sleep Deprivation/Fragmentation Paradigms; Total Sleep Deprivation; Partial and Sleep-State Selective Deprivation; Extrinsic Factors Affecting Sleep Loss/Deprivation; Environmental Influences on Sleep and Sleep Deprivation; Shift Work June; Intrinsic Factors Affecting Sleep Loss/Deprivation: Cognitive, Physiologic, and Molecular Associations; Attention and Memory Changes; Cortical and Electroencephalographic Changes; Intrinsic Factors Affecting Sleep Loss/Deprivation: Psychiatric Associations; Mood Changes; Antidepressant Effects; Other Intrinsic Factors Affecting Sleep Loss/Deprivation; Age and Individual Determinants of Sleep Loss Effects; Homeostatic and Circadian Influences.