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Topics from 10/05/2009

Sleep In The News



New Sleep Science Articles from the past week

Gastrointestinal physiology and digestive disorders in sleep.
Kanaly T, Shaheen NJ, Vaughn BV.
Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2009 Sep 30.
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Habitual snoring in primary school children: prevalence and association with sleep-related disorders and school performance.
Sahin U, Ozturk O, Ozturk M, Songur N, Bircan A, Akkaya A.
Med Princ Pract. 2009;18(6):458-65. Epub 2009 Sep 30.
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Do sleep difficulties exacerbate deficits in sustained attention following traumatic brain injury?
Bloomfield IL, Espie CA, Evans JJ.
J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2009 Oct 2:1-9.
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Reply: QOL score is primarily affected by the mental rather than the physical components in patients with RLS.
Nomura T, Kusumi M, Uemura Y, Nakashima K, Inoue Y.
Mov Disord. 2009 Sep 30.
 
Sleep has no critical role in implicit motor sequence learning in young and old adults.
Nemeth D, Janacsek K, Londe Z, Ullman MT, Howard DV, Howard JH Jr.
Exp Brain Res. 2009 Oct 1.
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Journal club. A geneticists wonders why we need to sleep.
Conklin BR.
Nature. 2009 Oct 1;461(7264):573. No abstract available.
 
REM sleep and dreaming: towards a theory of protoconsciousness.
Hobson JA.
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2009 Oct 1.
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Slow-wave sleep estimation on a load-cell-installed bed: a non-constrained method.
Choi BH, Chung GS, Lee JS, Jeong DU, Park KS.
Physiol Meas. 2009 Oct 1;30(11):1163-1170.
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Sleep deprivation and Pavlovian fear conditioning.
Cai DJ, Shuman T, Harrison EM, Sage JR, Anagnostaras SG.
Learn Mem. 2009 Sep 30;16(10):595-9. Print 2009.
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Review: continuous positive airway pressure devices are effective and cost-effective for obstructive sleep apnoea.
Chatterjee AB.
Evid Based Med. 2009 Oct;14(5):143. No abstract available.
 
Gender-Specific Association Between Self-reported Sleep Duration and Falls in High-Functioning Older Adults.
Kuo HK, Yang CC, Yu YH, Tsai KT, Chen CY.
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2009 Sep 30.
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Drosophila male sex peptide inhibits siesta sleep and promotes locomotor activity in the post-mated female.
Isaac RE, Li C, Leedale AE, Shirras AD.
Proc Biol Sci. 2009 Sep 30.
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The effect of adenotonsillectomy on changes of position during sleep in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
Choi JH, Kim EJ, Choi J, Kim TH, Kwon SY, Lee SH, Shin C, Lee SH.
Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2009 Sep 29.
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Can nasal surgery improve obstructive sleep apnea: Subjective or Objective?
Li HY, Lee LA, Wang PC, Fang TJ, Chen NH.
Am J Rhinol Allergy. 2009 Sep 28.
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Sleep-Wake Disturbances and Frailty in Community-Living Older Persons.
Vaz Fragoso CA, Gahbauer EA, Van Ness PH, Gill TM.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Sep 30.
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Re: Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children with sleep-related breathing disorders: consensus statement of a UK multidisciplinary working party.
Al-reefy H, Fleming J, Mitchell D.
Clin Otolaryngol. 2009 Oct;34(5):493; author reply 493-4. No abstract available.
 
Sleep Disturbances and Frailty Status in Older Community-Dwelling Men.
Ensrud KE, Blackwell TL, Redline S, Ancoli-Israel S, Paudel ML, Cawthon PM, Dam TT, Barrett-Connor E, Leung PC, Stone KL; for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study Group.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Sep 28.
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REM sleep behaviour disorder and visuoperceptive dysfunction: a disorder of the ventral visual stream?
Marques A, Dujardin K, Boucart M, Pins D, Delliaux M, Defebvre L, Derambure P, Monaca C.
J Neurol. 2009 Sep 30.
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Poor sleep quality is associated with late noninvasive ventilation failure in patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure*
Campo FR, Drouot X, Thille AW, Galia F, Cabello B, d'Ortho MP, Brochard L.
Crit Care Med. 2009 Sep 28.
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Cardiovascular Aspects in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome - Molecular Issues, Hypoxia and Cytokine Profiles.
Lavie L, Polotsky V.
Respiration. 2009 Sep 29.
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