Michel Jouvet: a personal and philosophical tribute
Major events in the long history of paradoxical sleep research, such as the crisis of the monoaminergic theory of sleep, as well as subsequent discoveries and theoretical functional hypotheses, are presented from an epistemological and a more general philosophical point of view. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 6, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Claude Debru Source Type: research
The mysteries of sleep and waking unveiled by Michel Jouvet
A great pioneer in sleep research, Michel Jouvet applied rigorous scientific methods to the study of sleep-wake states and associated changes in consciousness which, with his vivid imagination and creative mind, he unveiled as the mysteries of sleep and waking such as to inspire a generation of researchers in the field. His initial discovery of a third state distinguished from waking (W) and slow wave sleep (SWS) by the paradoxical association of W-like cortical activity with sleep-like behavior and muscle atonia that he accordingly called “paradoxical sleep” (PS) began his investigation over some 50 years of the mecha...
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 6, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Barbara E. Jones Source Type: research
Michel Jouvet and "exotic" sleep
Michel Jouvet was the director of my medical doctorate that was obtained in 1969 after 4 years of work on paradoxical sleep in cat. He also directed my Ph.D. in 1984, which was focused on sleep in extreme environments (Antarctica, Arctic winter cold, physical exercise). Effectively, as an MD, I was firstly posted in Antarctica for 13 months, and I recorded polysomnography throughout the wintering in 8 of my comrades. Michel Jouvet offered me to use the laboratory facilities to analyze the data. He also accepted to caution my work on sleep in Antarctica, which was finally published with him in Sleep in 1987. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 6, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: A. Buguet Source Type: research
Michel Jouvet: an explorer of dreams and a great storyteller
Michel Jouvet in the late 50s discovered the presence of muscle atonia during REM sleep in cats and created the first model of REM sleep behavior disorder. He built and led in Lyon, France, the “Laboratory of Molecular Dream Science” (a merry oxymoron to silently protest against the research policy of favoring molecular biology over physiology), where in the late 80s, you could cross people who had worked on sleep in the python, tench fish, tortoise, iguana, hens, lamb, mouse, rat and cat. This brilliant physiologist was also a great storyteller with a very good sense of humor. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 6, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Isabelle Arnulf, Colette Buda, Jean-Pierre Sastre Source Type: research
Serotonin: its place today in sleep preparation, triggering or maintenance
Serotonin (5-HT) is involved in sleep in two different ways. Firstly, when released during waking by the axonal nerve endings, it influences the synthesis of hypnogenic substances in specific brain targets. Such a synthesis might be in keeping with the waking qualitative aspects. As an example, the hypnogenic CLIP peptide (ACTH18-39) is synthesized when stressful events occur during wakefulness. Secondly, when released during sleep within the nucleus raphe dorsalis (nRD) by dendrites of 5-HT neurons, it contributes to 5-HT perikarya silencing through an auto-inhibitory process. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 6, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Raymond Cespuglio Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Reminiscences of Michel Jouvet
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Source: Sleep Medicine - June 6, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: William C. Dement, Rafael Pelayo Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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Source: Sleep Medicine - June 5, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Source Type: research
The influence of body mass on long-term cognitive performance of children treated for sleep-disordered breathing
This study aimed to examine whether the recovery of neurocognitive function is achieved at four years post-adenotonsillectomy for SDB in children and whether body mass status influences the outcome. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 4, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: M. Kohler, D. Kennedy, J. Martin, S. Coussens, Y. Pamula, D. Wabnitz, K. Lushington Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The influence of body mass on long-term cognitive performance of children treated for Sleep Disordered Breathing
This study aimed to examine whether recovery of neurocognitive function is achieved four years post-adenotonsillectomy for sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children, and whether body mass status influences the outcome. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 4, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: M. Kohler, D. Kennedy, J. Martin, S. Coussens, Y. Pamula, D. Wabnitz, K. Lushington Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Relationship between sleep patterns, sleep problems, and childhood enuresis
This study evaluated and compared the sleep patterns and problems between children with and without nocturnal enuresis (NE) across different age and gender groups in a large epidemiological study. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 4, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Jun Ma, Shenghui Li, Fan Jiang, Xingming Jin, Yiwen Zhang, Chonghuai Yan, Ying Tian, Xiaoming Shen, Fei Li Source Type: research
Links between infant sleep and parental tolerance for infant crying: longitudinal assessment from pregnancy through 6months postpartum
Low parental tolerance for crying has been associated with infant sleep problems, yet the directionality of this link remained unclear. This longitudinal study aimed to assess the synchronous and prospective bidirectional links between parental cry-tolerance, soothing, and infant sleep from pregnancy through 6 months postpartum. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 2, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Michal Kahn, Yasmin Bauminger, Ella Volkovich, Gal Meiri, Avi Sadeh, Liat Tikotzky Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Efficacy of Brief Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia in Older Adults: Examination of Sleep, Mood, and Cognitive Outcomes
Examine the effects of a brief behavioral intervention for insomnia (BBTi) on sleep parameters, mood and cognitive functioning in older adults. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 2, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Christina S. McCrae, Ashley F. Curtis, Jacob M. Williams, Natalie D. Dautovich, Joseph P.H. McNamara, Ashley Stripling, Joseph M. Dzierzewski, Wai Sze Chan, Richard B. Berry, Karin J.M. McCoy, Michael Marsiske Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Sleep spindles in adolescence: A comparison across sleep restriction and sleep extension
The tendency for adolescents to have restricted sleep has been examined in numerous studies, however the impact of sleep restriction on adolescents ’ neural activity during sleep (measured via electroencephalography, EEG) is less extensively researched, particularly regarding sleep spindles. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 2, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: C.M. Reynolds, M. Gradisar, S. Coussens, M.A. Short Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
The association of sleep duration and quality with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Women's Health Initiative
While many studies have shown a U-shaped association of sleep duration with mortality, this association is difficult to interpret owing to possible reverse causation, residual confounding, and measurement issues. We used data from the Women ’s Health Initiative to examine the associations of sleep duration, insomnia, and use of sleep aids with death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, “other” causes, and all causes combined. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 1, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Geoffrey C. Kabat, Xiaonan Xue, Victor Kamensky, Oleg Zaslavsky, Katie L. Stone, Karen C. Johnson, Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Aladdin H. Shadyab, Juhuo Luo, Lauren Hale, Lihong Qi, Jane A. Cauley, Robert L. Brunner, JoAnn E. Manson, Thomas E. Rohan Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Circadian preference and sleep timing from childhood to adolescence in relation to genetic variants from a genome-wide association study
Recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have revealed new genetic variants behind self-reported individual circadian preference, a distinct biological trait that is fairly stable during adulthood. Here we analyze whether these genetic variants associate with objectively measured sleep timing from childhood to adolescence, over a 9-year period, and with self-reported circadian preference during late adolescence. (Source: Sleep Medicine)
Source: Sleep Medicine - June 1, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Ilona Merikanto, Jari Lahti, Liisa Kuula, Kati Heinonen, Katri R äikkönen, Sture Andersson, Timo Strandberg, Anu-Katriina Pesonen Source Type: research
