E-Book, Englisch, Band 208, 130 Seiten, eBook
Reinoso-Suárez / de Andrés / Garzón Functional Anatomy of the Sleep-Wakefulness Cycle: Wakefulness
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-642-14626-8
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, Band 208, 130 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology
ISBN: 978-3-642-14626-8
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Sleep is a necessary, active, diverse and periodic condition, homeostatically regulated and precisely meshed with waking time into the sleep-wakefulness cycle. The authors present a detailed and updated review of the structures involved in the phase of wakefulness, including their morphological, functional and chemical characteristics, as well as their anatomical connections
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The sleep-wakefulness cycle.- Revision of the publications describing the anatomical connections and effects of lesions and electrical stimulation of brain structures on the sleep-wakefulness cycle.- The peripheral nerves and spinal cord.- Medullary and caudal pontine tegmentum.- Oral pontine tegmentum and superior cerebellar peduncle.- Midbrain tegmentum, hypothalmus and basal forebrain.- Thalamus.- Cerebral cortex.- Final commentary.- Functional anatomy of wakefulness.- The brainstem-hypothalamic wakefulness structures and their neurotransmitters.- Other brain structures with their neurotransmitters that participate in wakefulness.- Final commentary.- References.- Subject index.
