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Combining different models of sleep regulation
Author(s) -
ACHERMANN PETER,
BORBÉLY ALEXANDER A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of sleep research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.297
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2869
pISSN - 0962-1105
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1992.tb00028.x
Subject(s) - alertness , sleep (system call) , circadian rhythm , psychology , neuroscience , computer science , psychiatry , operating system
SUMMARY Different models have been proposed to account for processes underlying the regulation of sleep and alertness. Specific models have addressed sleep homeostasis, the nonREM‐REM sleep cycle, the circadian sleep/wake rhythm, and changes of daytime alertness. We show that the different models are not mutually exclusive but that they can be integrated as ‘modules’ in a combined model.