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Insomnia and sleep deprivation in patients with epilepsy: issues about the pathophysiological interaction between them

Rev. bras. neurol; 57 (4), 2021
There is a known relationship between seizures and sleep deprivation that increases epileptiform abnormalities and slow waves expressed in the EEG, but chronic insomnia, greater in patients with epilepsy (PWEs) than in healthy control, supposedly has a different mechanism linked to a hyperarousability st...

Chronotype and anxiety are associated in patients with chronic primary insomnia

Objective: To assess the interaction of chronotype with anxiety in patients with chronic primary insomnia. Methods: Sixty-four patients (50 women) with mean age 43.9±8.1 years were investigated with the Horne and Östberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ) and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (ST...

Insomnia: psychological and neurobiological aspects and non-pharmacological treatments

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 72 (1), 2014
Insomnia involves difficulty in falling asleep, maintaining sleep or having refreshing sleep. This review gathers the existing informations seeking to explain insomnia, including those that focus on psychological aspects and those considered neurobiological. Insomnia has been defined in psychological (co...

Trastornos psicofísicos y del sueño vigilia en personal médico que labora en areas quirúrgicas
Psychophysiological and sleep-awake alterations in the surgical staff

Rev. mex. anestesiol; 17 (1), 1994
Se estudiaron a 150 médicos divididos en tres grupos: el primero constituido por 50 anestesiólogos, el segundo por 50 Cirujanos y un grupo control de 50 Internistas, con el propósito de observar el posible efecto de la actividad quirúrgica sobre el area física, psicoafectiva y en el ciclo sueño vig...