Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

Regulation and Function
Herausgeber: Mallick, Birendra N; Morrison, Adrian R; McCarley, Robert W; Pandi-Perumal, S R

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Produktbeschreibung

World renowned researchers discuss past and current research into REM sleep and set the foundation for future developments.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (Rcog)
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 252mm x 197mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1179g
• ISBN-13: 9780521116800
• ISBN-10: 0521116805
• Artikelnr.: 32949718

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. REM Sleep as a Unique Arousal State - Historical Context: 1. The
sleep-dream state - historic and philosophic perspectives; 2. REM sleep and
dreaming; 3. REM sleep and dream sleep: are they identical? Exploring the
conceptual developments in the Upanishads and the present knowledge based
on neurobiology of sleep; 4. The discovery of REM sleep: the death knell of
the passive theory of sleep; 5. REM sleep and dreaming: the nature of the
relationship; Part II. General Biology: 6. The ontogeny and function(s) of
REM sleep; 7. Evolutionary perspectives on the function of REM sleep; 8. A
systems level approach to human REM sleep; 9. REM sleep regulation:
circadian, homeostatic and non-REM sleep-dependent determinants; Part III.
Neuronal Regulation: 10. Understanding REM sleep: clues from brain lesion
studies; 11. Preoptic and basal forebrain modulation of REM sleep; 12.
Amygdalar regulation of REM sleep; 13. Pontomedullary mediated REM sleep
atonia; 14. Phenomenology and function of myoclonic twitching in developing
rats; 15. Pontine-wave (P-wave) generator: a key player in REM
sleep-dependent memory consolidation; 16. Hippocampal theta rhythm of REM
sleep; 17. Respiration during REM sleep and its regulation; 18. Modulation
of REM sleep by non-REM sleep and waking areas in the brain; Part IV.
Neuroanatomy and Neurochemistry: 19. Aminergic influences in the regulation
of basic REM sleep processes; 20. REM sleep regulation by cholinergic
neurons: highlights from 1999 to 2009; 21. GABAergic modulation of REM
sleep; 22. Glutamatergic regulation of REM; 23. The role of
tuberomammillary nucleus histaminergic neurons, and of their receptors, in
the regulation of sleep and waking; 24. Hypocretinergic system: role in REM
sleep regulation; 25. Neuropeptides and REM sleep; 26. Adenosine and
glycine in REM sleep regulation; 27. Changes in neurotransmitter levels in
relation to REM sleep for its regulation; 28. Pontine areas inhibiting REM
sleep (PAIRS); 29. Neuronal models of REM sleep control: evolving concepts;
Part V. REM Sleep: Functional Significance: 30. Significance of deprivation
studies: does REM sleep propensity/debt increase with deprivation?; 31.
Modulation of body core temperature in NREM and REM sleep; 32.
Sleep-related hippocampal activation: implications for spatial memory
consolidation; 33. The role of REM sleep in memory consolidation,
enhancement and integration; 34. The role of REM sleep in emotional brain
processing; 35. REM sleep loss, oxidative damage and apoptosis; 36. Role of
REM sleep in maintaining neuronal excitability and its possible mechanism
of action; 37. Comparison of REM sleep deprivation methods: role of stress
and validity of use; 38. REM sleep in patients with depression; 39.
Proteins and neuropeptides in REM sleep regulation and function; Part VI.
Disturbance in REM Sleep Generating Mechanism: 40. Narcolepsy and REM
sleep; 41. REM sleep and dreams: relationship to anxiety, psychosomatic and
behavioural disorders; 42. REM sleep and emotion regulation; 43. Neural
modeling for cooperative/competitive regulation of REM sleep with NREM
sleep and wakefulness; 44. The selective mood regulatory theory of
dreaming: an adaptive, assimilative and experimentally based theory of
dreaming; Index.