Psychology - Biorhythms studies Theme C
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- Biorhythms Theme C
- Insomnia
- Smith
- Studied brains of insomniacs during NREM sleep - sig. decreases in blood flow in various brain regions. Links to abnormal CNS activity during NREM sleep
- Dement
- ALL insomnia is caused - No such thing as primary insomnia
- Vgontzas
- Sleep lab recordings provide little relevant information for confirming insomnia. Unsatisfactory way of diagnosis.
- Smith
- Sleepwalking
- Oliviero
- System that inhibits motor activity in SWS not fully developed in children - Sleepwalk more
- Horne
- Sleepwalking is hereditary - Genetic explanation
- Zadra
- Environment (sleep deprivation) causing arousal - More sleepwalking
- Oliviero
- Narcolepsy
- Mignot
- HLA variant linked to narcoleptics common in gen. population. Also not found in all narcoleptics - not clear cause
- Lin et al
- Narcoleptic dogs had genetic mutation - low levels of hypocretin. Different in humans as narcolepsy is not genetic. Can't be generalised.
- Human narcoleptics had lower levels of hypocretin in their spinal fluid
- Narcoleptic dogs had genetic mutation - low levels of hypocretin. Different in humans as narcolepsy is not genetic. Can't be generalised.
- Nishino
- Human narcoleptics had lower levels of hypocretin in their spinal fluid
- Mignot
- Insomnia
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