Fernando Reinoso-Suárez, Isabel De Andrés, Miguel Garzón

Functional Anatomy of the Sleep-Wakefulness Cycle: Wakefulness (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Sleep is a necessary, active, diverse and periodic condition, homeostatically regulated and precisely meshed with waking time into the sleep-wakefulness cycle. The authors present a detailed and updated review of the structures involved in the phase of wakefulness, including their morphological, functional and chemical characteristics, as well as their anatomical connections

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783642146268
• Artikelnr.: 37365699

Inhaltsangabe

The sleep-wakefulness cycle.- Revision of the publications describing the anatomical connections and effects of lesions and electrical stimulation of brain structures on the sleep-wakefulness cycle.- The peripheral nerves and spinal cord.- Medullary and caudal pontine tegmentum.- Oral pontine tegmentum and superior cerebellar peduncle.- Midbrain tegmentum, hypothalmus and basal forebrain.- Thalamus.- Cerebral cortex.- Final commentary.- Functional anatomy of wakefulness.- The brainstem-hypothalamic wakefulness structures and their neurotransmitters.- Other brain structures with their neurotransmitters that participate in wakefulness.- Final commentary.- References.- Subject index.