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Topics from 02/09/2009

Sleep In The News

Inflammation May Play Role in Sleep Duration
U.S. News & World Report, DC - 02/02/2009
... significantly younger and that short sleep duration was associated with an increased prevalence of diabetes, hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea. ...
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Rise in Sleep Apnea Worries Doctors
News Channel 8, DC - 02/06/2009
WASHINGTON - A new clinic at Washington Hospital Center is raising awareness about what doctors are calling an enormous problem in the US: sleep apnea. ...
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Baby Apnea Dangers
WPTV, FL - 02/06/2009
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Sleep and Sleep Disorders
ScienceBlogs - 02/06/2009
... has been instrumental in helping sleep physicians evaluate different sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, restless legs, sleepwalking and narcolepsy. ...
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XP13512 Shows Promising Results in Restless Legs Syndrome ...
DG News - 02/02/2009
"Pain is not a criterion for diagnosis of RLS, but many patients report pain with RLS, and about 1 in 5 say it is their most troublesome symptom," said lead ...
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Obese toddlers being put on diets
United Press International - 02/06/2009
... weight management clinic, some with severe weight-related issues such as sleep apnea and diabetes, The Daily Telegraph newspaper in Sydney reported. ...
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New Sleep Science Articles from the past week

Sleep and critical care.
Bijwadia JS, Ejaz MS.
Curr Opin Crit Care. 2009 Feb;15(1):25-9.
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The possible role of human milk nucleotides as sleep inducers.
Sánchez CL, Cubero J, Sánchez J, Chanclón B, Rivero M, Rodríguez AB, Barriga C.
Nutr Neurosci. 2009 Feb;12(1):2-8.
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Sleep on it.
Narain C.
Nat Neurosci. 2009 Feb;12(2):110. No abstract available.
 
Effects of sleep deprivation on the pediatric electroencephalogram.
DeRoos ST, Chillag KL, Keeler M, Gilbert DL.
Pediatrics. 2009 Feb;123(2):703-8.
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Melatonin fails to improve sleep or agitation in double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of institutionalized patients with Alzheimer disease.
Gehrman PR, Connor DJ, Martin JL, Shochat T, Corey-Bloom J, Ancoli-Israel S.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;17(2):166-9.
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Anxiety symptoms and objectively measured sleep quality in older women.
Spira AP, Stone K, Beaudreau SA, Ancoli-Israel S, Yaffe K.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;17(2):136-43.
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Bispectral index monitoring of a narcolepsy-cataplexy episode during regional anesthesia.
Dahaba AA, Xu GX, Liu QH, Xue JX, Metzler H.
Anesth Analg. 2009 Feb;108(2):613-5.
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To sleep, perchance to dream? NOT!
Sebel PS.
Anesth Analg. 2009 Feb;108(2):391-2. No abstract available.
 
Depression is associated with worse objectively and subjectively measured sleep, but not more frequent awakenings, in women with vasomotor symptoms.
Joffe H, Soares CN, Thurston RC, White DP, Cohen LS, Hall JE.
Menopause. 2009 Feb 3.
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Have a safe night: intimate protection against cerebral hyperperfusion during REM sleep.
Ainslie PN.
J Appl Physiol. 2009 Feb 5.
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Sleep-Disordered Breathing and 24-Hour Blood Pressure Pattern Among Older Adults.
Endeshaw YW, White WB, Kutner M, Ouslander JG, Bliwise DL.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009 Feb 5.
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The influence of orofacial pain on sleep pattern: A review of theory, animal models and future directions.
Schütz TC, Andersen ML, Tufik S.
Sleep Med. 2009 Feb 3.
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Validation of the self-completed Cambridge-Hopkins questionnaire (CH-RLSq) for ascertainment of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a population survey.
Allen RP, Burchell BJ, Macdonald B, Hening WA, Earley CJ.
Sleep Med. 2009 Feb 3.
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Anterior C1-2 osteochondroma presenting with dysphagia and sleep apnea.
Wang V, Chou D.
J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Feb 3.
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[Severe delayed apnea in neonates and Prader-Willi syndrome: 2 case studies.]
Vintéjoux A, Montagnon G, Diene G, Gouyon JB, Huet F.
Arch Pediatr. 2009 Feb 3.
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Coping Style and Sleep Quality in Men with Cancer.
Hoyt MA, Thomas KS, Epstein DR, Dirksen SR.
Ann Behav Med. 2009 Feb 5.
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Impaired Off-Line Consolidation of Motor Memories After Combined Blockade of Cholinergic Receptors During REM Sleep-Rich Sleep.
Rasch B, Gais S, Born J.
Neuropsychopharmacology. 2009 Feb 4.
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The Anterolateral Projections of the Medial Basal Hypothalamus Affect Sleep.
Peterfi Z, Makara GB, Obal F Jr, Krueger JM.
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2009 Feb 4.
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Activity of pontine neurons during sleep and cataplexy in hypocretin knock-out mice.
Thankachan S, Kaur S, Shiromani PJ.
J Neurosci. 2009 Feb 4;29(5):1580-5.
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Control and function of the homeostatic sleep response by adenosine A1 receptors.
Bjorness TE, Kelly CL, Gao T, Poffenberger V, Greene RW.
J Neurosci. 2009 Feb 4;29(5):1267-76.
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A New Hypothesis for Sleep: Tuning for Criticality.
Pearlmutter BA, Houghton CJ.
Neural Comput. 2009 Feb 3.
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Levodopa use and sleep in patients with dementia with Lewy bodies.
Molloy S, Minett T, O'Brien JT, McKeith IG, Burn DJ.
Mov Disord. 2009 Feb 3.
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Blunted Sleep-Related LH Rise in Healthy Premenarcheal Pubertal Girls with Elevated Body Mass Index.
Bordini B, Littlejohn E, Rosenfield RL.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Feb 3.
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Kindergarten Children's Failure to Qualify for First Grade Could Result From Sleep Disturbances.
Ravid S, Afek I, Suraiya S, Shahar E, Pillar G.
J Child Neurol. 2009 Feb 2.
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Long sleep duration and childhood overweight/obesity and body fat.
Padez C, Mourao I, Moreira P, Rosado V.
Am J Hum Biol. 2009 Feb 2.
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Melanin-concentrating hormone neurons discharge in a reciprocal manner to orexin neurons across the sleep-wake cycle.
Hassani OK, Lee MG, Jones BE.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Feb 2.
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Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of XP13512/GSK1838262 in patients with RLS.
Kushida CA, Becker PM, Ellenbogen AL, Canafax DM, Barrett RW; XP052 Study Group.
Neurology. 2009 Feb 3;72(5):439-46.
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Morning headache in sleep apnoea: clinical and polysomnographic evaluation and response to nasal continuous positive airway pressure.
Goksan B, Gunduz A, Karadeniz D, Ağan K, Tascilar FN, Tan F, Purisa S, Kaynak H.
Cephalalgia. 2009 Feb 2.
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