The Functions of Sleep
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The Functions of Sleep

  1. 314 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Functions of Sleep

About this book

The Functions of Sleep is the result of a symposium held in New Mexico in 1977. The objective of the said symposium is to clarify and ultimately answer questions regarding the functions of sleep. Many perspectives are presented in the attempt to answer the main question of the function of sleep, including the examination of the developmental, neurophysiological, metabolic, behavioral, and clinical correlates of normal and disturbed sleep. The first two chapters focus on the previous studies done regarding the functions of sleep, specifically the methodological issues and clinical implications of the theories. This book also emphasizes the study of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and its different aspects such as reticular formation activity, motivational function, regulation, and growth hormone secretion. Other topics covered in this book include the interrelations of human sleep in terms of neuroendocrine and neuropharmacologic; ontogenetic and clinical studies; sleep pathologies; and brain state and memory. Sleep can be studied in a wide range of scientific fields. Students and researchers in the fields of biology, psychology, neurology, psychobiology, and medicine will find this book very useful.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Functions of Sleep
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. CONTRIBUTORS
  6. PREFACE
  7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  8. CHAPTER 1. THE FUNCTION OF SLEEP: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
  9. CHAPTER 2. THEORIES OF SLEEP FUNCTIONS AND SOME CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
  10. CHAPTER 3. RETICULAR FORMATION ACTIVITY AND REM SLEEP
  11. CHAPTER 4. SLEEP AND EPILEPSY: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY
  12. CHAPTER 5. PROTEIN MOLECULES AND THE REGULATION OF REM SLEEP: POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR FUNCTION
  13. CHAPTER 6. GROWTH HORMONE SECRETION RELATED TO THE SLEEP AND WAKING RHYTHM
  14. CHAPTER 7. NEUROPHARMACOLOGY AND NEUROENDOCRINE INTERRELATIONS OF HUMAN SLEEP
  15. CHAPTER 8. ONTOGENETIC AND CLINICAL STUDIES OF SLEEP STATE ORGANIZATION AND DISSOCIATION
  16. CHAPTER 9. ONTOGENY OF SLEEP: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUNCTION
  17. CHAPTER 10. A MOTIVATIONAL FUNCTION OF REM SLEEP
  18. CHAPTER 11. WHAT CAN INSOMNIACS TEACH US ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS OF SLEEP ?
  19. CHAPTER 12. THE RELEVANCE OF SLEEP PATHOLOGIES TO THE FUNCTION OF SLEEP
  20. CHAPTER 13. SLEEP, BRAIN STATE AND MEMORY