Sleep Deprivation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sleep deprivation differentially impairs cognitive performance in abstinent methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") users.

2 Nov 2009 Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; "Ecstasy") is a popular recreational drug and brain serotonin (5-HT) neurotoxin. Neuroimaging data indicate that some human MDMA users develop persistent deficits in brain 5-HT neuronal markers. Although the ... Read more...

Perceived insufficient rest or sleep among adults - United States, 2008.

28 Oct 2009 The importance of chronic sleep insufficiency is under-recognized as a public health problem, despite being associated with numerous physical and mental health problems, injury, loss of productivity, and mortality. Approximately 29% of U.S. adults ... Read more...

Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures.

12 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Few data exist on the relationships between experienced physicians' work hours and sleep, and patient safety. OBJECTIVE: To determine if sleep opportunities for attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists are associated with the risk ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sleep Deprivation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Sleep deprivation differentially impairs cognitive performance in abstinent methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("Ecstasy") users. 2 Nov 2009
• Perceived insufficient rest or sleep among adults - United States, 2008. 28 Oct 2009
• Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures. 12 Oct 2009
• Effects of alcohol and sleep restriction on simulated driving performance in untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea. 4 Oct 2009
• Summaries for patients. The effects of limited sleep and alcohol on driving performance in people with untreated sleep apnea. 4 Oct 2009
• Stress and obesity: the role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in metabolic disease. 29 Sep 2009
• For whom the bell commission tolls: unintended effects of limiting residents' hours. 29 Sep 2009
• Cortical firing and sleep homeostasis. 22 Sep 2009
• The dopaminergic system of the telencephalo-diencephalic areas of the vertebrate brain in the organization of the sleep-waking cycle. 21 Sep 2009
• Basal forebrain lactate release and promotion of cortical arousal during prolonged waking is attenuated in aging. 14 Sep 2009
• Sleep disturbance in persistent allergic rhinitis measured using actigraphy. 30 Aug 2009
• The impact of sleep duration and subject intelligence on declarative and motor memory performance: how much is enough? 30 Aug 2009
• [Deficiency of REM sleep in a patient with pontine cavernous hemangioma] 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of overnight sleep restriction on brain chemistry and mood in women with unipolar depression and healthy controls. 30 Aug 2009
• Calcineurin contributes to spatial memory impairment induced by rapid eye movement sleep deprivation. 24 Aug 2009
• Ramadan: health effects of fasting. 20 Aug 2009
• The transcriptional repressor DEC2 regulates sleep length in mammals. 12 Aug 2009
• Spectroscopic correlates of antidepressant response to sleep deprivation and light therapy: a 3.0 Tesla study of bipolar depression. 11 Aug 2009
• c-Fos expression in preoptic nuclei as a marker of sleep rebound in the rat. Aug 2009
• Maternal sleep deprivation is a risk factor for small for gestational age: a cohort study. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Sleep Deprivation'

Definition: The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.

Descriptor UI: D012892

Alternative terms: Sleep Deprivation; Deprivation, Sleep; Deprivations, Sleep; Sleep Deprivations; REM Sleep Deprivation; Deprivation, REM Sleep; Deprivations, REM Sleep; REM Sleep Deprivations; Sleep Deprivation, REM; Sleep Deprivations, REM; Sleep Fragmentation; Fragmentation, Sleep; Fragmentations, Sleep; Sleep Fragmentations; Insufficient Sleep Syndrome; Insufficient Sleep Syndromes; Syndrome, Insufficient Sleep; Syndromes, Insufficient Sleep;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.886.425.175; C23.888.592.796.772; F02.830.855.671; F03.870.400.099; G11.561.600.815.587;

History Note: 67(64)

Technical Notes: do not confuse with SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS, inability to fall asleep or sleep