Understanding Sleep and Dreaming

By: P. Belcher, William H. Moorcroft

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Paperback | 15 July 2005

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Although sleep has been the subject of serious study for several decades, there has not been available an integrated, introductory text for more than ten years. Understanding Sleep and Dreaming fills this need with complete coverage of all aspects of sleep, dreaming, and sleep disorders, and is comprehensible as well as comprehensive. In accessible language, this text reviews the basic physiological mechanisms of sleep and the intertwined psychological ramifications. Most important, it is up-to-date, containing the latest information on the influence of orexin/hypocretin, nocturnal eating syndrome, the local cell theory of sleep, the effects of sleep deprivation, and the advantages of delaying school start times for teenagers.

Distilling twenty five years of combined clinical, research, and teaching experience, Dr. Moorcroft has created an excellent text for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals as well as for the general reader who wants a better understanding of the sleep process and its disorders.

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Prologue: A Visit to a Sleep and Dreams Lab	p. 1
Sleep and Sleeping	p. 15
What is Sleep and How is it Scientifically Measured?	p. 17
The Need to Sleep	p. 35
Normal Variations of Sleep	p. 57
What Causes Us to Sleep?	p. 77
The Brain in Sleep	p. 79
The Body during Sleep	p. 97
Dreams and Dreaming	p. 121
Dreams	p. 127
Dreaming	p. 151
Theories of Dreams and Dreaming	p. 171
Problems with Sleeping and Dreaming	p. 201
Some Difficulties That People May Have With Sleep	p. 205
Disorders of Sleep, Part I	p. 231
Disorders of Sleep, Part II	p. 245
Why we Sleep and Dream	p. 261
Functions of Sleep and NREMS	p. 267
Functions of REMS and Dreaming	p. 285
Epilogue	p. 311
Notes	p. 317
References	p. 321
Index	p. 333
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