附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-184) and index.
A Brief Synopsis of Neuroanatomy -- A Brief Synopsis of Neuroanatomy -- The First Half-Century: The Groundwork for the Science of Sleep and Waking Is Laid -- Technological Developments -- Early Research on Brain Mechanisms of Sleep and Waking -- The Second Half-Century: The Benefits Are Reaped -- The Discovery of the Ascending Reticular Activating System -- The Neural Pathways That Produce Arousal -- The Second Half-Century: The Benefits Are Reaped -- Forebrain and Hindbrain Inhibition of the Reticular Activating System -- EEG Synchrony and Behavioral Inhibition -- Cellular Mechanisms and Neural Circuits That Produce Sleep -- Sleep Factors -- Sleep as a Circadian Rhythm -- The Second Half-Century: The Benefits Are Reaped -- The Discovery of REM Sleep -- The Neural Control of REM Sleep -- The Functions and Disorders of Sleep and Waking -- Theories of Sleep and Waking -- Disorders of Sleep and Waking.
摘要:Why we need to sleep is not actually known, but it is a topic that continues to intrigue us and it is still very much the subject of active research. The author takes an historical approach to the subject and hence largely takes a chronological view of sleep research and the scientists' ideas and their experiments. Parts one and two describe the main historical figures and their various theories and discoveries. Part three describes our current state of knowledge of sleep, arousal and waking. It discusses sleep and waking disorders and discusses the current theories behind the function of sleep. This is a book readable by anyone who has some introductory biology or psychology and has an interest in why and how we sleep it will also make an excellent book for anyone taking a course on the physiology and functions of sleep.
