Stroke is a critical health issue that largely affects individuals’ overall life. Sleep-related factors are emerging risk factors of stroke, and their relationships with stroke have been less investigated compared to other risk factors. The purpose of this study was to examine w…
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Breast cancer patients have a high incidence of co-morbid chronic insomnia which frequently persists into survivorship. The mechanism behind this insomnia is poorly understood, yet maladaptive responses to the sleep disturbance resulting from an acute stressor are implicated in …
Background. Sleep has been shown to be shorter and more disturbed in Alzheimer's caregivers compared to non-caregivers, presumably due to challenges associated with caregiving. Caring for a spouse with Alzheimer's disease has also been associated with increased risk for cardiova…
Sleep in nursing home residents is highly fragmented. Disturbed circadian rhythms may be a partial cause. Melatonin, a pineal hormone, is a marker of circadian rhythms. Its secretion is synchronized by light. Nursing home residents are exposed to low levels of illumination. Ther…
This study examined subjective and objective sleep and circadian rhythms in older patients with schizophrenia vs. older normal comparison subjects (NCs). For study 1, sleep questionnaires were administered semiannually to 48 schizophrenia patients and 53 NCs (age range = 45–79 f…
Severe life events increase the risk for major depression, and depression is associated with disrupted sleep. However, the impact of life stress on sleep has not been explored in individuals with unipolar depression. This project examined the proposed association between stressf…
This study employed multiple assessments, including sleep/resting waking EEG (visual scoring and power spectral analysis) and psychomotor vigilance task, to access effects of varying pulse-modulated microwaves (such as: 'talk', 'listen' and 'standby' mode signals) emitted from a…
Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed behavioral disorder of childhood. Age-inappropriate daytime and nighttime locomotor overactivity and disturbed sleep have been well documented in ADHD. This study's objective was to examine the relati…
The present study investigated the types, severity and correlates of sleep disturbances experienced by military personnel (N=375, 84.7% male) who served in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) or Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Participants consisted of…
Background. Poor sleep quality is a pervasive problem in Arab countries and in the U.S. with prevalence rates ranging from 32% to 54%, respectively. It is an even larger problem after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with 66% reporting sleep problems. Poor sleep quali…
In this dissertation, I examine the bed as word, object, and image in the New Kingdom in order to explore the bed’s function within the semiotic structure of Egyptian art. Like many western cultures today, the Egyptians associated the bed with the concepts of sleep, death, and s…
Introduction: Relapse rates in cigarette smokers attempting to quit are high, but the factors that drive relapse risk are not well understood. Self-report data have suggested that disturbed sleep during abstinence may prompt individuals to resume smoking. Here we used polysomnog…
Introduction: The stress response is the complex physiological reaction that emerge in the face of a significant threat to bodily integrity or wellbeing. While the stress response is considered adaptive, over-activation of the stress response could be maladaptive and may lead to…
How does one begin to analyze an inexplicable history? A history with no actual proof, just the words of those who've claimed to see—experience—these "things". With wars, or other events of the like, there are hundreds—thousands—of witnesses. Treaties are signed. Declarations ar…
Transitions between neuronal states are essential to cognitive and motor processes but are less understood than the states themselves. Transitions often consist of irregular activity which computational models predict is chaotic, and thus activity is deterministic and sensitive …
Background: Referred odontogenic pain (RP) is a phenomenon that is seen regularly in dentistry and it is not extensively understood. It can make formulating a proper diagnosis difficult and its presence can lead to inappropriate treatment.
Lifestyle interventions that target behavior change for weight loss are effective treatments for overweight and obesity. Despite the effectiveness of these interventions, there is variability in weight loss among individuals, with some individuals being more successful with weig…
Context: This study observed how the effects of a concussion change the quantity and quality of sleep in collegiate athletes. There is a lack of research pertaining to this topic, specifically collegiate athletes, and the changes in sleep outcomes during concussion recovery from…
Objectives: To evaluate mandibular movement (MM) and possible changes in respiratory effort (RE) derived from mandibular position and motion during sleep following rapid maxillary expansion (RME) treatment. Using MM sensors, this study was the first to measure mandibular displac…