Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Slow-wave sleep deprivation and waking function.

Walsh1, Hartman, Schweitzer

  • 1Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Journal of Sleep Research
|March 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary

Marked slow-wave sleep (SWS) deprivation did not impair alertness or performance more than other sleep disruptions. Sufficient SWS may mitigate adverse effects of mild sleep loss.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Memoir of the Diseases of the British Troops during the Burman War.

Transactions. Medico-Chirurgical Society of Edinburgh·2018
Same author

The action of phenylmercuric nitrate; sulfhydryl antagonism of respiratory depression caused by phenylmercuric nitrate.

The Journal of biological chemistry·2010
Same author

Acute appendicitis simulating rheumatic fever.

Clinical proceedings - Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia·2010
Same author

Ellipsometry and Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy of Adsorbed Layers of Soluble Surfactants at the Air-Water Interface.

Journal of colloid and interface science·2000
Same author

Probing the Conformation of Flexible Catalysts in Solution This research was supported by the National Science Foundation in the form of a Career Award to P.J.W. (CHE-9733274) and by the National Institute of Health (GM58101). J.M.B. thanks Ministerio de Educación y Cultura of Spain for a fellowship. We also thank David Woodmansee for initial experiments.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)·2000
Same author

Bend elasticity of mixtures of V-shaped molecules in ordinary nematogens

Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics·2000

Area of Science:

  • Sleep science
  • Neuroscience
  • Human physiology

Background:

  • Slow-wave sleep (SWS) is theorized as an intense nonREM sleep stage.
  • Previous studies lacked evidence that SWS deprivation causes greater performance decrements than other sleep stage disruptions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of marked SWS deprivation on daytime sleepiness and performance.
  • To compare SWS deprivation (SD) with control sleep disruption (CD) and no sleep disruption (ND) conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Two nights of marked SWS deprivation (SD).
  • Control sleep disruption (CD) preserving SWS minutes.
  • No sleep disruption (ND) as a baseline.
  • Assessed daytime sleepiness using the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT).
  • Evaluated performance with the Simulated Assembly Line Task (SALT).

Main Results:

  • Two nights of SD did not result in greater daytime sleepiness than CD.
  • Both SD and CD increased sleepiness compared to ND.
  • Neither SD nor CD led to significant declines in performance or mood.
  • Post hoc analysis indicated sufficient SWS may prevent adverse effects of mild sleep loss.

Conclusions:

  • Marked SWS deprivation for two nights did not cause greater sleepiness or performance deficits than other sleep disruptions.
  • Sufficient SWS duration may play a role in mitigating the negative impacts of mild sleep loss on waking function.

Related Experiment Videos