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EEG power density during recovery sleep in the morning. 1991

D J Dijk, and D P Brunner, and A A Borbély

Institute of Pharmacology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Sleep was recorded under baseline conditions (waking prior to sleep 16 h; lights off 23.00 h) and during recovery sleep in the morning (waking prior to sleep 24 h; lights off 07.00 h). Slow-wave activity (SWA; EEG power density in the range of 0.75-4.5 Hz) declined progressively over consecutive nonREM-REM cycles in both conditions despite the different circadian phase at which sleep occurred. SWA in nonREM sleep in the first 5 h of sleep was significantly higher in recovery than in baseline. Also SWA within the first 20 min of nonREM-episodes 2 and 3 was significantly higher in recovery sleep, and a tendency in the same direction was seen for nonREM-episode 1. These data show that homeostatic processes are expressed in the EEG also when sleep is initiated at a circadian phase where REM sleep propensity is high. However, comparison of the power spectrum in the first cycle of day-time recovery sleep with published data on recovery sleep at various circadian phases suggests that circadian factors influence the EEG spectra.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D001921	Brain	The part of CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM that is contained within the skull (CRANIUM). Arising from the NEURAL TUBE, the embryonic brain is comprised of three major parts including PROSENCEPHALON (the forebrain); MESENCEPHALON (the midbrain); and RHOMBENCEPHALON (the hindbrain). The developed brain consists of CEREBRUM; CEREBELLUM; and other structures in the BRAIN STEM.	Encephalon
D002940	Circadian Rhythm	The regular recurrence, in cycles of about 24 hours, of biological processes or activities, such as sensitivity to drugs or environmental and physiological stimuli.	Diurnal Rhythm,Nyctohemeral Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythm,Nycthemeral Rhythm,Circadian Rhythms,Diurnal Rhythms,Nycthemeral Rhythms,Nyctohemeral Rhythms,Rhythm, Circadian,Rhythm, Diurnal,Rhythm, Nycthemeral,Rhythm, Nyctohemeral,Rhythm, Twenty-Four Hour,Rhythms, Circadian,Rhythms, Diurnal,Rhythms, Nycthemeral,Rhythms, Nyctohemeral,Rhythms, Twenty-Four Hour,Twenty Four Hour Rhythm,Twenty-Four Hour Rhythms
D004569	Electroencephalography	Recording of electric currents developed in the brain by means of electrodes applied to the scalp, to the surface of the brain, or placed within the substance of the brain.	EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electroencephalograms
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D012890	Sleep	A readily reversible suspension of sensorimotor interaction with the environment, usually associated with recumbency and immobility.	Sleep Habits,Sleeping Habit,Sleeping Habits,Habit, Sleep,Habit, Sleeping,Habits, Sleep,Habits, Sleeping,Sleep Habit