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Alcohol effect on sleep electroencephalography by fast Fourier transformation
T Kobayashi1, K Misaki, H Nakagawa
1Department of Neuropsychiatry, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
|June 17, 1998
Abstract:
The influence of alcohol (ethanol) on sleep was investigated in 10 men. Polysomnography (PS) was recorded on a baseline night (BL-N) and an ethanol (0.8 g/kg) night (Et-N). On visual score rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was reduced, REM latency was prolonged on Et-N as compared to BL-N. Using the fast Fourier transformation method, electroencephalographic power density of REM sleep in delta frequencies band and in the 10-12 Hz range of non-REM sleep were enhanced. REM sleep and non-REM sleep changes were prominent in the second-half and first-half of the night, respectively.