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Sleep

Sleep. awake – alpha activity, regular, medium frequency 8-12 Hz (more prevalent with eyes closed); beta activity, irregular, low amplitude 13-30 Hz. stage 1 – theta activity 3.5-7.5 Hz – transition.

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Sleep

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  1. Sleep

  2. awake –alphaactivity, regular, medium frequency 8-12 Hz (more prevalent with eyes closed);beta activity, irregular, low amplitude 13-30 Hz. • stage 1 –theta activity 3.5-7.5 Hz – transition. • stage 2 – irregular, periods of theta,sleep spindles (short bursts at 12-14 Hz – maintenance of sleep),K-complexes (≈1 per minute). • stage 3 – high amplitudedelta >3.5 Hz. • stage 4 – 50% delta activity. • stages 3 & 4 - slow wave sleep. Stages of sleep

  3. desynchronized EEG, some theta, rapid eye movements. • body largely paralyzed. REM sleep

  4. 90 minute cycle between REM and non-REM sleep. Sleep stages

  5. increased cerebral blood flow to visual cortex and decreased to inferior frontal. Dreaming increased activity (increased, vivid imagery) decreased activity (decreased planning, sequencing of events)

  6. Margaret Thatcher (and Winston Churchill) slept only a few hours a night! • underlying cause – insomnia is a symptom. • medication can be a curse – sleep medication hangover! • sleep apnea – difficulty breathing while asleep (people who snore have brief periods of apnea). Sleep Disorders - Insomnia

  7. sleep attack – at inappropriate times (particularly during monotonous or boring conditions). • ≈ 2 – 5 minutes. • cataplexy – falling to ground - hypocretindeficiency – dogs. • sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations (hallucinations during the transitional state between being awake and sleeping) – alien abduction? Narcolepsy

  8. acting out! • can be quite dangerous – males dreaming their wives are being attacked will hit out at the attacker – sometimes hitting their wives! • women do it too… • failure to inhibit movement during REM. REM sleep behaviour disorder

  9. usually during stage 4 sleep. • nocturnal enuresis – bedwetting. • somnambulism – sleep walking – different than REM sleep acting out. • pavornocturnis – night terrors. • usually evident in childhood – resolve naturally. Slow-wave sleep

  10. brain rest? • only warm-blooded vertebrates exhibit REM. • necessary for survival? – Indus Dolphin. Deal with swift currents (sleep 7 hours a day but in 4 to 60s intervals). • bottlenose dolphin & porpoise sleep one hemisphere at a time! • keeps one hemisphere alert. Why do we sleep?

  11. REM sleep increases during exam time. Don’t deprive yourself! • perhaps slow wave sleep is restorative but REM sleep is important for development (higher portion of REM during stages of development). • consolidation OR clean up? REM • Largest increase in REM sleep associated with largest increase in performance.

  12. in general we require less sleep as we get older. • the proportion of REM sleep needed also decreases. Sleep over the life span

  13. arousal – level of alertness (a continuum). • adenosine – neuromodulator that plays a role in the initiation of sleep. • Acetylcholine – agonists increase EEG signs of arousal; antagonists decrease EEG signs. • Norepinephrine – catecholamine agonists (e.g., speed) increase arousal via noradrenergic system in the locus coeruleus. • Serotonin (5-HT) – increases relate to locomotion and cortical arousal – facilitating ongoing behaviours. • Histamine – direct effect on cortex, indirect affect via ACh induced changes. Arousal

  14. ventrolateralpreoptic area: A group of GABAergic neurons in the preoptic area whose activity suppresses alertness and behavioral arousal and promotes sleep. Sleep / wake cycles • areas are reciprocally connected by inhibitory GABAergic neurons.

  15. REM sleep is controlled by a flip-flop similar to the one that controls cycles of sleep and waking. • The sleep/waking flip-flop determines when we wake and when we sleep, and once we fall asleep, the REM flip-flop controls our cycles of REM sleep and slow-wave sleep. Neural control of REM • ACh release in the dorsolateral pons. • basal forebrain connections produce arousal & cortical desynchrony. • REMs arise from connections with the tectum.

  16. 90 minute activity / rest cycle • 24 hour sleep / wake cycle Biological Clocks

  17. Biological Clocks

  18. A daily rhythmical change in behavior or physiological process. • zeitgeber– a stimulus (usually the light of dawn) that resets the internal clock responsible for circadian rhythms. • passive response to changes in light conditions (living in Resolute would be tough). • direct projections from retina provide the zeitgeberinformation about light. • suprachaismatic nucleus (SCN) contains a biological clock that is responsible for organizing many of the body’s circadian rhythms (including sleep/wake cycle). Circadian Rhythms

  19. breeding rhythms that begin as day lengths increase and end as they begin to decrease. • pineal gland secretes melatonin during the night – more produced during long nights of winter signaling the season. • SADS – seasonal affective disorder – a decrease in melatonin levels? • light phase of the circadian rhythm may be too short. • Jet lag • Shift-work Seasonal rhythms

  20. Sleep movie

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