Basic Sleep Mechanisms

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CONTRIBUTORS, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Foreword, Pages xiii-xvi, Ludo van Bogaert
Preface, Pages xvii-xviii, O. Petre-Quadens, J.D. Schlag
Acknowledgments, Page xix
CHAPTER ONE - Historical Development of Ideas on Sleep, Pages 3-11, FREDERIC BREMER
CHAPTER TWO - Neural Mechanisms of the Sleep–Waking Cycle, Pages 13-31, GIUSEPPE MORUZZI
CHAPTER THREE - Effects of Pontine Stimulations on Sleep and Waking Behaviors of the Pigeon, Pages 33-49, MARCELLO BRUNELLI, FRANCO MAGNI, GIUSEPPE MORUZZI, DANIELA MUSUMECI
CHAPTER FOUR - Role of the Thalamus in Sleep Control: Sleep–Wakefulness Studies in Chronic Diencephalic and Athalamic Cats, Pages 51-81, JAIME VILLABLANCA
CHAPTER FIVE - Forebrain Mechanisms for the Onset of Sleep, Pages 83-97, MAURICE B. STERMAN, CARMINE D. CLEMENTE
CHAPTER SIX - Intracellular Studies of Thalamic Synaptic Mechanisms in Evoked Synchronization and Desynchronization of Electrocortical Activity, Pages 99-125, DOMINICK P. PURPURA
CHAPTER SEVEN - Physiological Mechanism of Barbiturate Spindle Activity, Pages 127-141, PER ANDERSEN
CHAPTER EIGHT - Input-Output Organization of the Motor Cortex and Its Alterations during Sleep and Waking, Pages 143-203, MIRCEA STERIADE, MARTIN DESCHENES, PETER WYZINSKI, JACQUES-YVES HALLE
CHAPTER NINE - The Role of Monoaminergic Neurons in the Regulation and Function of Sleep, Pages 207-236, MICHEL JOUVET
CHAPTER TEN - Neurochemical Aspects of Sleep, Pages 237-247, WERNER P. KOELLA
CHAPTER ELEVEN - Somatic Reflex Activity during Sleep and Wakefulness, Pages 249-267, MICHAEL H. CHASE
CHAPTER TWELVE - An Introduction to Sleep, Pages 271-296, WILLIAM C. DEMENT, MERRILL M. MITLER
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Pharmacology of Sleep, Pages 297-305, IAN OSWALD
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - General Discussion: Significance of Sleep Signs and Their Use in the Classifications of Sleep Stages, Pages 307-316
CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Clinical Disorders in Man and Animal Model Experiments, Pages 317-331, WILLIAM C. DEMENT, JAIME VILLABLANCA
CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Introductory Remarks on Sleep Ontogenesis, Pages 335-337, DOMINICK P. PURPURA
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Neuro-Ontogeny of Sleep in the Rat, Pages 339-353, ALBERT GRAMSBERGEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Sleep in the Human Newborn, Pages 355-380, OLGA PETRE-QUADENS
CHAPTER NINETEEN - Sleep Studies in Hormonal and Metabolic Diseases of Infancy and Childhood, Pages 381-403, HANS-GERD LENARD, FRANZ-JOSEF SCHULTE
CHAPTER TWENTY - General Discussion: Significance of the Sleep Parameters in Early Behavioral Development, Pages 405-414
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Final Remarks, Pages 415-416, GIUSEPPE MORUZZI
References, Pages 417-449
Index, Pages 451-459