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Understanding Sleep and Dreaming

By William H. Moorcroft , P. Belcher

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2005
ISBN
9780387249650, 0387249656
Open Library ID
OL22558129M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17920619 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
335\335
Topic
Medicine Yoga
Library
Great Science Textbooks
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Библиотека;Здоровье и народная медицина;Йога и мед

Description

Although sleep has been the subject of serious study for several decades, there has not been available an integrated, introductory text for more than ten years. Understanding Sleep and Dreaming fills this need with complete coverage of all aspects of sleep, dreaming, and sleep disorders, and is comprehensible as well as comprehensive. In accessible language, this text reviews the basic physiological mechanisms of sleep and the intertwined psychological ramifications. Most important, it is up-to-date, containing the latest information on the influence of orexin/hypocretin, nocturnal eating syndrome, the local cell theory of sleep, the effects of sleep deprivation, and the advantages of delaying school start times for teenagers. Distilling twenty five years of combined clinical, research, and teaching experience, Dr. Moorcroft has created an excellent text for undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals as well as for the general reader who wants a better understanding of the sleep process and its disorders.

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