Class 2 Flashcards
Sleep is a ____ process and is biological _______
Active
Imperative
Sleep is
Reversible behavioral state3 of perceptual disengagement from and unresponsiveness to environment
____ and _____ prevent and disturb sleep
Insomnia
Pain
_____ dreams more common and have more vivid dreams
REM dreams
Is EEG slowed during sleep
No very similar to being awake sometimes more active
Stage I
Transitioning from awake to asleep
5% of night-easy to awaken
Stage 2
Light sleep
50% of night-brain activity slopes
Bursts of activity-Transfer from short to long term memory
Stage 3&4
Slow wave sleep
10-20% of night-secretion of growth hormones, cell repair and rebuilding
1st half of night-wake up refreshed low heart breathing rate
What stage can you be roused
Stage 2
REM length
20-120 minutes
20-25% of the night
During REM
Brain recovery dreaming processing memories
Brain waves close to wakefulness and bP heart rate
REM length ____ over night
Increases
N3
Deep Sleep SWS decreases across adolescence
Declines further into old age. Can’t wake children
There are brief periods of
Wakefulness later in night-not long enough to be remembered except in old age
SWS length
Depends on prior wakefulness
REM sleep is linked to
Circadian rhythms
Sleep onset linked to
Falling body temps
Wakefulness linked to
Rising body temps
Narcolepsy prevalence
1 in 1400
Cataplexy
Type of narcolepsy
REM sleep intrudes into wakefulness-muscle Antonia
Sleepiness
Fall sleep in 5-6 minutes during day
EDS
Excessive daytime sleepiness
EDS prevalence
10%