Published in Frontiers in Neurology
Objectives This study aimed to validate a sleep staging algorithm using in-hospital video-electroencephalogram (EEG) in children without epilepsy, with well-controlled epilepsy (WCE), and with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). Methods Overnight video-EEG, along with electrooculogram (EOG) and chin electromyogram (EMG), was recorded in children between...
Objective. Lucid dreams (LDs) are a specific condition of the mind, can happen either spontaneously or intentionally (mostly in the REM sleep phase), and are characterized by consciousness and awareness during sleep. LDs provide many perspective tools to improve real life (e.g., training motor skills, solving psychological issues, and obtaining ins...
Objective. In lucid dreams (LDs), it is possible to maintain consciousness and achieve predetermined goals while in REM sleep. Since the 1980s, scientists have been searching for LD application areas. The current study is the first to demonstrate a method for controlling a car avatar with feedback from LDs. Support for this possibility could be use...
Published in Behavioural brain research
Extinction of conditioned fear is considered a fundamental process in the recovery from posttraumatic stress disorder and anxiety disorders. Sleep, especially rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep, has been implicated in promoting extinction memory. The orexin system contributes to the regulation of sleep and wakefulness and emotional behaviors. In rodent...
Published in Sleep
People with diabetes and prediabetes are more likely to have sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), but few studies examined sleep architecture in people with diabetes or prediabetes in the absence of moderate-severe SDB, which was the aim of our cross-sectional study. This cross-sectional sample is from the Baependi Heart Study, a family-based cohort o...
STUDY OBJECTIVES: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is often characterized with more frequent and lengthy breathing events and greater oxygen desaturation than during other sleep stages. Current evidence suggests an association between OSA and cognitive decline, however whether OSA during REM sleep plays a vital ro...
Published in Sleep
The frequent appearance of newly learned information in dreams suggests that dream content is influenced by memory consolidation. Many studies have tested this hypothesis by asking whether dreaming about a learning task is associated with improved memory, but results have been inconsistent. We conducted a meta-analysis to determine the strength of ...
INTRODUCTION: Subclinical epileptiform activity (SEA) and sleep disturbances are frequent in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Both have an important relation to cognition and potential therapeutic implications. We aimed to study a possible relationship between SEA and sleep disturbances in AD. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we performed a 24-h am...
Published in Brain and behavior
Subclinical epileptiform activity (SEA) and sleep disturbances are frequent in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Both have an important relation to cognition and potential therapeutic implications. We aimed to study a possible relationship between SEA and sleep disturbances in AD. In this cross-sectional study, we performed a 24-h ambulatory EEG and polyso...
Published in The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
