Systemic homeostasis and poikilostasis in sleep : is REM sleep a physiological paradox? / Pier Luigi Parmeggiani.
2011
QP425 .P37 2011eb
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Title
Systemic homeostasis and poikilostasis in sleep : is REM sleep a physiological paradox? / Pier Luigi Parmeggiani.
ISBN
9781848165731 (electronic bk.)
1848165730 (electronic bk.)
9781848165724
1848165722
1848165730 (electronic bk.)
9781848165724
1848165722
Imprint
London : Imperial College Press, ©2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 121 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
QP425 .P37 2011eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)738433248
Summary
This book aims at presenting biologists and clinicians with a compact description of the physiologic manifestations of sleep that are significant from the viewpoint of the principle of homeostasis. In the jargon of the physiologic literature, the word 'homeostasis', introduced by W.B. Cannon (1926), refers to the existence of a constant state of extracellular body fluids with regards to their physical and chemical properties. Since normal cell function depends on the constancy of such fluids, in multicellular animals there are many regulatory mechanisms under the control of the central nervous.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Ch. 1. The principle of homeostasis
ch. 2. The study of homeostasis in sleep
ch. 3. Respiration in sleep
ch. 4. Circulation in sleep
ch. 5. Temperature regulation in sleep
ch. 6. Influence of temperature on sleep
ch. 7. Compartmentalised brain homeostasis in sleep
ch. 8. Ultradian homeostasis-Poikilostasis cycle
ch. 9. Systemic physiological regulation in the ultradian wake-sleep cycle
ch. 10. Epilogue.
ch. 2. The study of homeostasis in sleep
ch. 3. Respiration in sleep
ch. 4. Circulation in sleep
ch. 5. Temperature regulation in sleep
ch. 6. Influence of temperature on sleep
ch. 7. Compartmentalised brain homeostasis in sleep
ch. 8. Ultradian homeostasis-Poikilostasis cycle
ch. 9. Systemic physiological regulation in the ultradian wake-sleep cycle
ch. 10. Epilogue.
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Print version: Parmeggiani, P.L. (Pier Luigi), 1928- Systemic homeostasis and poikilostasis in sleep. London : Imperial College Press, ©2011
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