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Continuous recordings of skin conductance change during sleep
Author(s) -
Shiihara Yasufumi,
Umezawa Akio,
Sakai Yasujiro,
Kamitamari Norikazu,
Kodama Masahisa
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00672.x
Subject(s) - skin conductance , sleep (system call) , confounding , medicine , conductance , sympathetic activity , skin temperature , audiology , anesthesia , psychology , cardiology , dermatology , biomedical engineering , heart rate , physics , condensed matter physics , computer science , blood pressure , operating system
Using a new compact and stable device, skin conductance change (SCC) was measured in five female undergraduates during sleep. The SCC trends and waveforms were almost identical to those of simultaneously recorded skin potential activity (SPA). A gradual increase in sympathetic sweating during sleep was also observed using SCC. However, the confounding effects of a burst of positive skin potential responses usually seen in SPA were absent using SCC.