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Record Nr.

UNISA996201257503316

Titolo

Ciba Foundation symposium on the nature of sleep [[electronic resource] /] / editors for the Ciba Foundation, G.E.W. Wolstenholme and Maeve O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Little, Brown, [1961]

ISBN

1-280-76866-5

9786613679437

0-470-71922-2

0-470-71673-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia ; ; v.948

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

O'ConnorMaeve

Disciplina

612.8217

Soggetti

Sleep

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With 101 illustrations."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

THE NATURE OF SLEEP; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Chairman's opening remarks; Some properties of pyramidal neurones of the motor cortex; Discussion; Neurophysiological mechanisms in cerebral arousal; Discussion; Electroencephalogram-synchronizing structures in the lower brain stem; Discussion; Mechanisms of reticular deactivation; Discussion; Neuronal activity in wakefulness and in sleep; Discussion; Neuronal discharge in the cat's motor cortex during sleep and arousal; Effects of sleep and waking on activity of single units in the unrestrained cat; Discussion

Telencephalic and rhombencephalic sleep in the catDiscussion; A clinical, electroencephalographic and polygraphic study of sleep in the human adult; Discussion; Changes of cortical d.c. potentials in the sleep-wakefulness cycle; Discussion; Electroencephalographic detection of sleep induced by repetitive sensory stimuli; Discussion; Electtographic responses in sleeping conditioned animals; Discussion; Hibernation and sleep; Diccucsion; Sleep patterns on polar expeditions; Effects of sleep-deprivation on performance and muscle tension; Discussion; Cortical function during human sleep



DiscussionThe nature of dreaming; Discussion; Sleep and the energy metabolism of the brain; Discussion; General discussion; Chairman's closing remarks; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects