The Impact of a 4-Hour Sleep Delay on Slow Wave Activity in Twins Discordant for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Author(s) -
Roseanne Armitage,
Carol A. Landis,
Robert Hoffmann,
Martha Lentz,
Nathaniel F. Watson,
Jack Goldberg,
Dedra Buchwald
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/30.5.657
Subject(s) - chronic fatigue syndrome , sleep (system call) , chronic fatigue , medicine , slow wave sleep , audiology , electroencephalography , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , computer science , operating system
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has been associated with altered amounts of slow wave sleep, which could reflect reduced delta electroencephalograph (EEG) activity and impaired sleep regulation. To evaluate this hypothesis, we examined the response to a sleep regulatory challenge in CFS.
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