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Sleep Spindles and Schizophrenia

Marjan van der Haar — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:13:07 +0000

Can sleep be used to diagnose early onset schizophrenia in adolescents? A new study suggests that certain brain processes are altered during sleep in adolescent schizophrenia patients and that these changes are specific for schizophrenia. [...]

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More than Sleep

Marjan van der Haar — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 16:55:41 +0000

In his book “Mehr als Schlaf”, Alexander Borbély interweaves an account of his personal life with his research into sleep. Among the main topics are sleep and its rhythms. The author has researched both topics [...]

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Pharmacology of Sleep

Marjan van der Haar — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 13:05:36 +0000

The new book “Sleep-Wake Neurobiology and Pharmacology”, edited by Hans-Peter Landolt and Derk-Jan Dijk,connects current ideas and concepts about sleep functions and circadian rhythms with the search for novel target-selective sleep-wake therapeutics. State-of-the-art methodologies are [...]

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Less sleep, more risk taking

Marjan van der Haar — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 18:45:04 +0000

Insufficient sleep can lead to increased risk-seeking behavior. These results were published by the group led by Prof. Christian Baumann in Annals of Neurology. The authors warn of the consequences chronic sleep restriction may have [...]

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