Description: Part 1 - Functional Differences between Sleep and Wakefulness 1. Introduction: Definition of Terms 2. Position of the Body, Skeletal Musculature 3. The Nervous System 4. Brain Potentials 5. The Blood 6. The Circulation 7. Respiration 8. Digestion, Metabolism, Body Temperature, and Excretion Part 2 - Course of Events during the Sleep Phase 9. The Onset of Sleep 10. Motility during Sleep 11. Dreaming 12. The Depth of Sleep 13. Duration of Sleep 14. Awakening Part 3 - Periodicity 15. The 24-Hour Sleep-Wakefulness and Body-Temperature Rhythms 16. 24-Hour Variation in Activity and Performance 17. 24-Hour Variation in Visceral Activity 18. Modifiability of the 24-Hour Periodicities 19. Meteorological and Seasonal Influences Part 4 - Interference with Sleep and Wakefulness 22. Deprivation of Sleep Part 5 - Spontaneous Changes in the Sleep-Wakefulness Rhythm 23. Narcolepsy, Cataplexy, and Sleep Paralysis 24. Encephalitis Lethargica 25. Catalepsy and Epilepsy 26. Hypersomnias and Comas 27. Insomnia or Hyposomnia 28. Sleep Abnormalities and Disturbances Part 6 - Means of Influencing Sleep and Wakefulness 29. The Pharmacology of Sleep and Wakefulness 30. The Hygiene of Sleep and Wakefulness Part 7 - States Resembling Sleep 31. Hibernation 32. Hypnosis Part 8 - Theories of Sleep 33. Neural Theories of Sleep 34. Humoral Theories of Sleep 35. The Sleep-Center Problem 36. The Evolutionary Theory of Sleep and Wakefulness Bibliography and Author Index Subject Index

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