Sleep complaints increase profoundly with age; prevalence estimates of insomnia in the
elderly reach up to 37%. The three major types of nocturnal complaints are difficulties�…

A commonly held view is that extended wakefulness is causal for a broad spectrum of
deleterious effects at molecular, cellular, network, physiological, psychological, and�…

Sleep is a fundamental behavior ubiquitous in the animal kingdom, necessary for the
support of physical health and in humans for the maintenance of cognitive function. While it�…

Patients with depression almost inevitably exhibit abnormalities in sleep, such as shortened
latency to enter rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and decrease in electroencephalogram�…

Highlights•The midline and sensory thalami exhibit a dichotomy in sleep-wake control.•The
thalamus, including RTN acts as integrator of sub-cortical sleep wake inputs.•Frontally�…

Are you feeling emotionally fragile, moody, unpredictable, even ungenerous to those around
you? Here, we review how and why these phenomena can occur as a result of insufficient�…

Recent findings suggest that sleep might serve a role in emotional coping. However, most
findings are based on subjective reports of sleep quality, while the relation with underlying�…

Sleep affects declarative memory for emotional stimuli differently than it affects declarative
memory for nonemotional stimuli. However, the interaction between specific sleep�…

This unique and up-to-date book provides a comprehensive history and critical account of
sleep mentation research since the introduction of electrographic techniques. Written by�…

Empirical evidence supports an intimate link between sleep and affective functioning. While
the bidirectional relationship between sleep duration and mood is well documented, limited�…