The Sleep of Others and the Transformation of Sleep Research /

"Examining a vast historical period of 2500 years, Kroker separates the problems associated with the history of dreaming from those associated with sleep itself and charts sleep-related diseases such as narcolepsy, insomnia, and sleep apnea. He describes the discovery of rapid eye movement - RE...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kroker, Kenton (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2007]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Sleep > Physiological aspects > Research.
Sleep disorders.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
Troubles du sommeil.
Sommeil > Aspect physiologique > Recherche > Histoire.
Sleep Wake Disorders
Sleep Wake Disorders > pathology
Sleep > physiology
Research > history
Sleep > Physiological aspects > Research > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The persistence of privacy
  • Analogize and experiment
  • The ends of darkness
  • Inhibition and disease
  • Performing sleep
  • Sleep finds a groove
  • Begin the begin
  • Insomnia returns
  • Breathe
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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