Sleep is a complex brain and body phenomenon that impacts numerous biological functions. It is a dynamic process actively generated by various brain regions, and is critical for normal motor and cognitive functioning, contributing to increased attention and improved decision making. In addition to regulating organ systems throughout the body, sleep is also responsible for a number of changes in the brain, and it likely plays key roles in brain development, emotional processing, and memory consolidation. Although researchers do not fully understand the functions of sleep, the past decade has seen major advances in our understanding of the possible functions subserved by various sleep stages, as well as in our understanding of sleep states and the mechanistic control of sleep and waking. Handbook of Sleep Research provides a comprehensive review of the current status of the neuroscience of sleep research. It begins with an overview of the neural, hormonal, and genetic mechanisms of sleep and wake regulation before outlining the various proposed functions of sleep and the role it plays in plasticity and in learning and memory. Finally, the book discusses disorders of sleep and waking, covering both lifestyle factors that cause disrupted sleep and psychiatric and neurological conditions that contribute to disorders. Emphasizes a comparative and multi-disciplinary approach to the topic of sleepCovers the neurobiology and physiology of sleep stages, mechanisms of waking, and dreamingDiscusses in detail the proposed functions of sleep, from health and rest to memory consolidation and synaptic plasticityExamines the current state of research in mammalian and non-mammalian species, ranging from primates to invertebratesOutlines methodologies of sleep research and discusses relevant animal models of sleep disturbances to aid researchers in their own work INDICE: 1. Sleep and sleep research: historical perspectives 2. Methodology of sleep research: potential and limitations 3. Neurobiological mechanisms of sleep and waking 4. The neurobiology and physiology of REM sleep 5. Dreaming: generation and possible functions 6. Sleep during development and aging 7. Sleep homeostasis: from behavior to molecules 8. Genetics of sleep and dreaming 9. Comparative and evolutionary aspects of sleep 10. Historical and cross-cultural aspects of sleep 11. Proposed functions of sleep: health and rest 12. Proposed functions of sleep: memory and synaptic plasticity 13. Sleep disturbances: clinical sleep disorders 14. Sleep disturbances: window into neurological and psychiatry conditions (depression, mania, aging, Alzheimer's, etc.) 15. Sleep disturbances: animal models 16. Sleep disturbances: life style
- ISBN: 978-0-12-813743-7
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2019
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés