Basic Sleep Mechanisms

Basic Sleep Mechanisms is a collection of studies about the different mechanisms that facilitate the process of sleep. The studies, despite being made by experts of different subspecialties, are more purposed for general interest. The book is divided into four parts. Part I covers the concepts under the neurophysiological mechanisms of sleep, such as the sleep-wake cycle, pontine stimulations of sleep, and the role of different parts of the nervous system in sleep. Part II includes topics under the neurochemical aspects of sleep and the role of monoaminergic neurons in it. Part III discusses the different three states of the adult human body, the direction in its research, and its psychological aspect. Part IV explains the developmental aspects of sleep, especially in infants and children. The text is recommended for neurologists, doctors, and psychologists who want to know more about the study or to conduct their own study about sleep, the principles behind it, and its development. Content: CONTRIBUTORS , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv List of Contributors , Pages xi-xii Foreword , Pages xiii-xvi , Ludo van Bogaert Preface , Pages xvii-xviii , O. Petre-Quadens, J.D. Schlag Acknowledgments , Page xix CHAPTER ONE - Historical Development of Ideas on Sleep , Pages 3-11 , FREDERIC BREMER CHAPTER TWO - Neural Mechanisms of the Sleep–Waking Cycle , Pages 13-31 , GIUSEPPE MORUZZI CHAPTER THREE - Effects of Pontine Stimulations on Sleep and Waking Behaviors of the Pigeon , Pages 33-49 , MARCELLO BRUNELLI, FRANCO MAGNI, GIUSEPPE MORUZZI, DANIELA MUSUMECI CHAPTER FOUR - Role of the Thalamus in Sleep Control: Sleep–Wakefulness Studies in Chronic Diencephalic and Athalamic Cats , Pages 51-81 , JAIME VILLABLANCA CHAPTER FIVE - Forebrain Mechanisms for the Onset of Sleep , Pages 83-97 , MAURICE B. STERMAN, CARMINE D. CLEMENTE CHAPTER SIX - Intracellular Studies of Thalamic Synaptic Mechanisms in Evoked Synchronization and Desynchronization of Electrocortical Activity , Pages 99-125 , DOMINICK P. PURPURA CHAPTER SEVEN - Physiological Mechanism of Barbiturate Spindle Activity , Pages 127-141 , PER ANDERSEN CHAPTER EIGHT - Input-Output Organization of the Motor Cortex and Its Alterations during Sleep and Waking , Pages 143-203 , MIRCEA STERIADE, MARTIN DESCHENES, PETER WYZINSKI, JACQUES-YVES HALLE CHAPTER NINE - The Role of Monoaminergic Neurons in the Regulation and Function of Sleep , Pages 207-236 , MICHEL JOUVET CHAPTER TEN - Neurochemical Aspects of Sleep , Pages 237-247 , WERNER P. KOELLA CHAPTER ELEVEN - Somatic Reflex Activity during Sleep and Wakefulness , Pages 249-267 , MICHAEL H. CHASE CHAPTER TWELVE - An Introduction to Sleep , Pages 271-296 , WILLIAM C. DEMENT, MERRILL M. MITLER CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Pharmacology of Sleep , Pages 297-305 , IAN OSWALD CHAPTER FOURTEEN - General Discussion: Significance of Sleep Signs and Their Use in the Classifications of Sleep Stages , Pages 307-316 CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Clinical Disorders in Man and Animal Model Experiments , Pages 317-331 , WILLIAM C. DEMENT, JAIME VILLABLANCA CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Introductory Remarks on Sleep Ontogenesis , Pages 335-337 , DOMINICK P. PURPURA CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Neuro-Ontogeny of Sleep in the Rat , Pages 339-353 , ALBERT GRAMSBERGEN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Sleep in the Human Newborn , Pages 355-380 , OLGA PETRE-QUADENS CHAPTER NINETEEN - Sleep Studies in Hormonal and Metabolic Diseases of Infancy and Childhood , Pages 381-403 , HANS-GERD LENARD, FRANZ-JOSEF SCHULTE CHAPTER TWENTY - General Discussion: Significance of the Sleep Parameters in Early Behavioral Development , Pages 405-414 CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Final Remarks , Pages 415-416 , GIUSEPPE MORUZZI References , Pages 417-449 Index , Pages 451-459