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Published on: September 19, 2019
Selective SWS suppression does not affect the time course of core body temperature in men
1Department of Biological Psychiatry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
In eight healthy middle-aged men, sleep and core body temperature were recorded under baseline conditions, during all-night SWS suppression by acoustic stimulation, and during undisturbed recovery sleep. SWS suppression resulted in a marked reduction of sleep stages 3 and 4 but did not affect the time course of core body temperature. These data suggest that sleep stages 3 and 4 of nonREM sleep (i.e. SWS) do not play a major role in the regulation of core body temperature in humans.
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