Main description:

Methodological Approaches for Sleep and Vigilance Research examines experimental procedures used to study the sleep-wake cycle, with topics covered by world leaders in the field. The book focuses on techniques commonly used in the sleep field, including polysomnography, electrophysiology, single- and multi-unit spiking activity recording, brain stimulation, EEG power spectra, optogenetics, telemetry, and wearable and non-wearable tracking devices. Further chapters on imaging techniques, questionnaires for sleep assessment, genome-wide association studies, artificial intelligence and big data are also featured. This discussion of significant conceptual advances into experimental procedures is suitable for anyone interested in the neurobiology of sleep.

Contents:

1. Definitions and Measurements of the States of Vigilance
2. Polysomnographic Procedures as an Approach for Studying the Sleep-Wake Cycle
3. Electrophysiology studies in the Sleep-Wake Cycle
4. Tracking Single- and Multi-Unit Activity through the Sleep-Wake Cycle
5. Brain deep stimulation for understanding the sleep-wake phenomena
6. EEG functional connectivity and EEG power spectra in sleep
7. Multi-site recordings: From single cell to circuit level dissection of Sleep-wake in mice
8. Optogenetics and Sleep Research
9. Behavioral States Monitored by Telemetry
10. Wearable and Non-Wearable Sleep-Tracking Devices
11. Clinical Trial: Imaging Techniques in Sleep Studies
12. Objective Questionnaires for Assessment Sleep Quality
13. Genome-Wide Association Studies of Sleep Phenotypes
14. Artificial Intelligence as a Clinical Psychoinformatic Approach for the Analysis of the Behavioral States
15. Big Data Providing Insights for Sleep Medicine