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Sleep Deprivation
17.3.07
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03/17/2007

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Term
Do environmental factors cause sleepiness?
Definition
No
Term
Do sleep debts exists?
Definition
Yes--getting less that 8 hours of sleep starts to create a "sleep debt" which must be payed off. But it seems like for every hour you miss, you don't need to "regain" another total hour.
Term
What is the pressure for sleep a fuction of?
Definition
the sleep homeostat
Term
what is sleep intertia?
Definition
feeling groggy, fatigued, or hung over from sleep. this will last only 15-30 minutes after awakening.
Term
What do you need to get a "good night" of sleep?
Definition
1. adequate quantity (7-9 hours)

2. Normal sleep architecture
Term
What is sleep architecture?
Definition
sleep quality/patter--and avoid disruptions of the cyclical 5 stages of sleep
Term
How does alcohol disrupt sleep architecture?
Definition
Alcohol shortens sleep onset, but is associated with increased arousals later in the night which disrupts the normal cyclical pattern. Thus, you may be drunk asleep for an acceptable QUANTITY, but the sleep QUALITY is subpar
Term
Disrutions of sleep architecture is associated with BLANK?
Definition
sleep dept
Term
what are the causes of chronic insufficient sleep?
Definition
1. being awake >16 hours
2. active at adverse circadian phase
3. chronic sleep depri <7h
4. poor sleep hygeine
5. sleep disorders/medical/psychiatric conditions that disrupt sleep quality/quantity
Term
What hypometabolicy regious is sleep deprivation neuologically associated with?
Definition
THAL, prefrontal cortext, inferior parietal cortex, occipital lobe (to a lesser extent)
Term
What are the physiological effects of decreased sleep duration?
Definition
sleep latency shortens
2. EEG SWA increases during sleep
3. icreased slow eyelid closures and slow eye movements during wake
4. elevated cortisol levels
4. Leukosytosis/monocytosis (elevated cytokines and c-reactive protein)
6. insulin resistance (awake munchies)
Term
Do cortisol levels decrease with decreased sleep duration?
Definition
No they increase (HPA activation)
Term
What are the neurobiolgical effects of SD?
Definition
Microsleeps intrude wakefulness (state instability)
2. Behavioral lapsing
3. False responses
4. time on taks decrements
Term
what are false responses?
Definition
When you are doing that beep test, and you realize that bc you are so tired, you probably aren't catching all the beeps, so you press the clicker a lot--even when no beebs in order to make up for it.
Term
Does working memory decline with sleep deprivation?
Definition
yes
Term
Which is more problematic, chronic sleep deprivation or acute sleep deprivation?
Definition
trick question. they can be equally as problematic.
Term
when do most drowsy driving crashes occur?
Definition
8 am
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