Jerome Siegel

The Neural Control of Sleep and Waking (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Why we need to sleep is not actually known, but it is a topic that continues to intrigue us. The author takes an historical approach to the subject and presents a largely chronological view of sleep research. Parts one and two describe the main historical figures and their various theories and discoveries. Part three describes our current state of knowledge of sleep and waking. This book is readable by anyone who has some introductory biology or psychology, it will also make an excellent book for anyone taking a course on sleep.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387217260
• Artikelnr.: 43998716

Autorenporträt

Jerome Siegel, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

Inhaltsangabe

A Brief Synopsis of Neuroanatomy.- A Brief Synopsis of Neuroanatomy.- The First Half-Century: The Groundwork for the Science of Sleep and Waking Is Laid.- Technological Developments.- Early Research on Brain Mechanisms of Sleep and Waking.- The Second Half-Century: The Benefits Are Reaped.- The Discovery of the Ascending Reticular Activating System.- The Neural Pathways That Produce Arousal.- The Second Half-Century: The Benefits Are Reaped.- Forebrain and Hindbrain Inhibition of the Reticular Activating System.- EEG Synchrony and Behavioral Inhibition.- Cellular Mechanisms and Neural Circuits That Produce Sleep.- Sleep Factors.- Sleep as a Circadian Rhythm.- The Second Half-Century: The Benefits Are Reaped.- The Discovery of REM Sleep.- The Neural Control of REM Sleep.- The Functions and Disorders of Sleep and Waking.- Theories of Sleep and Waking.- Disorders of Sleep and Waking.