http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
xx, 639 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Energy processes underlying the sleep-wake cycle -- Humoral mechanisms of sleep -- Neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, and sleep -- A possible role for sleep in synaptic homeostasis -- Electroencephalography, polysomnography, and other sleep recording systems -- Brain imaging on passing to sleep -- Hypothalamic mechanisms of sleep : perspective from neuronal unit recording studies -- A physiological view of REM sleep structure -- The power of behavioral analysis in understanding sleep mechanisms -- Animal sleep : phylogenetic correlations -- Remarks on sensory neurophysiological mechanisms participating in active sleep processes-- The problem of causal determination of sleep behaviour -- Control of muscle tone across the sleep-wake cycle -- Neural control of breathing in sleep -- Reflex cardiovascular control in sleep -- Regulation of cerebral circulation during sleep -- Central neural mechanisms underlying disordered breathing and cardiovascular control during sleep -- Sleep behaviour and temperature -- Thermoregulation and sleep in the human -- Endocrine correlates of sleep in Humans -- The use of melatonin as a chronobiotic-cytoprotective agent in sleep disorders -- What individual neurones tell us about encoding and sensory processing in sleep -- Human auditory information processing during sleep assessed with evoked potentials -- Cognitive aspects of sleep : perception, mentation, and dreaming -- Interactions between sleep, wakefulness and the olfactory system -- Sleep and memory.
[edited by] Pier Luigi Parmeggiani, Ricardo A. Velluti.
Includes bibliographical references and index.