Blood Test for Drowsy Driving
Researchers have developed a blood screening test which identifies signs of acute total sleep loss...
26 February, 2019
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Narcolepsy
BASIC CONCEPTS Sleep study used in Diagnosis: Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) Narcolepsy is a sleep disorder...
26 February, 2019
Multiple protective roles of Melatonin
Melatonin is a hormone produced in the pineal gland and is associated with regulating sleep...
26 February, 2019
Implicit Vocabulary Learning during Sleep Is Bound to Slow-Wave Peaks
Sleep is considered a recurring, reversible behavioural state of perceptual disengagement from and unresponsiveness to...
11 February, 2019
Exercise Physiology and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) in Respiratory Disorders
Invasive cardiopulmonary exercise testing in the evaluation of unexplained dyspnoea: Insights from a multidisciplinary dyspnoea...
01 February, 2019
A possible new objective test of fatigue related performance impairment… eye testing
Pupillographic Sleepiness Tests (PST) use a camera to measure the pupil diameter of people for...
01 February, 2019
Sleep and Eye Disorders
Optic Nerve Dysfunction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Electrophysiological Study (Liguori et al., 2016) The...
01 February, 2019
Long term oral appliance therapy improves daytime function and mood in Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome patients
Mandibular advancement splints (MAS) are a type of oral appliance used to treat obstructive sleep...
10 January, 2019
Acute sleep deprivation and culpable motor vehicle crash involvement
Brian C Tefft recently published a paper in the Journal of Sleep to help quantify...
10 January, 2019
The Economic Cost of Inadequate Sleep
The financial and non-financial costs associated with inadequate sleep are substantial. In the August edition...
10 January, 2019