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Journal SLEEP Volume 31/ Issue 11 - November 1, 2008  

CRITICAL TOPICS FORUM

The Motor Atonia of REM Sleep: A Critical Topics Forum
Ralph Lydic

Adventures and Tribulations in the Search for the Mechanisms of the Atonia of REM Sleep
Commentary on Brooks PL and Peever JH. Glycinergic and GABAAmediated inhibition of somatic motoneurons does not mediate rapid eye movement sleep motor atonia. J Neurosci 2008;28:3535-45.
Leszek Kubin

What Causes Muscle Atonia in REM?
Commentary on Brooks PL and Peever JH. Glycinergic and GABAAmediated inhibition of somatic motoneurons does not mediate rapid eye movement sleep motor atonia. J Neurosci 2008;28:3535-45.
Albert J. Berger

Are All Motoneurons Created Equal in the Eyes of REM Sleep and the Mechanisms of Muscle Atonia?
Commentary on Brooks PL and Peever JH. Glycinergic and GABAAmediated inhibition of somatic motoneurons does not mediate rapid eye movement sleep motor atonia. J Neurosci 2008;28:3535-45.
Gregory D. Funk

Glycine-Mediated Postsynaptic Inhibition is Responsible for REM Sleep Atonia
Commentary on Brooks PL and Peever JH. Glycinergic and GABAAmediated inhibition of somatic motoneurons does not mediate rapid eye movement sleep motor atonia. J Neurosci 2008;28:3535-45.
Peter J. Soja

Confirmation of the Consensus that Glycinergic Postsynaptic Inhibition is Responsible for the Atonia of REM Sleep
Commentary on Brooks PL and Peever JH. Glycinergic and GABAAmediated inhibition of somatic motoneurons does not mediate rapid eye movement sleep motor atonia. J Neurosci 2008;28:3535-45.
Michael H. Chase

Unraveling the Mechanisms of REM Sleep Atonia
A Response to Kubin LK, Berger AJ, Funk GD, Soja P, and Chase MH. Critical Topics Forum. Sleep 2008;31:1473-91
Patricia L. Brooks; John H. Peever

RAPID PUBLICATION

Reduced Brain GABA in Primary Insomnia: Preliminary Data from 4T Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1H-MRS)
John W. Winkelman; Orfeu M. Buxton; J. Eric Jensen; Kathleen L. Benson; Shawn P. O’Connor; Wei Wang; Perry F. Renshaw

SHORT SLEEP DURATION AND PEDIATRIC WEIGHT

Associations Between Sleep Duration Patterns and Overweight/Obesity at Age 6
Évelyne Touchette; Dominique Petit; Richard E. Tremblay; Michel Boivin; Bruno Falissard; Christophe Genolini; Jacques Y. Montplaisir

SHORT SLEEP DURATION AND ADOLESCENT INSOMNIA

The Multidimensional Correlates Associated With Short Nocturnal Sleep Duration and Subjective Insomnia Among Taiwanese Adolescents
Cheng-Fang Yen; Chih-Hung Ko; Ju-Yu Yen; Chung-Ping Cheng

TREATING INSOMNIA WITH MILD SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING

Prospective Randomized Study of Patients with Insomnia and Mild Sleep Disordered Breathing
Christian Guilleminault; Kala Davis; Nelly T. Huynh

GENETIC ASSOCIATION WITH SLEEP APNEA

Association Study of Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphisms with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Chinese Han Population
Weihua Yue; Huiguo Liu; Jishui Zhang; Xianghui Zhang; Xiaoping Wang; Tieqiao Liu; Pozi Liu; Wei Hao

POSTURNAL ASSOCIATION WITH SLEEP APNEA

Effect of Body Posture on Pharyngeal Shape and Size in Adults With and Without Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Jennifer H. Walsh; Matthew S. Leigh; Alexandre Paduch; Kathleen J. Maddison; Julian J. Armstrong; David D. Sampson; David R. Hillman; Peter R. Eastwood

RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF CPAP ON QUALITY OF LIFE

Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Quality of Life in Patients With Moderate to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Data From a Randomized Controlled Trial
Massimiliano M. Siccoli; Justin C.T. Pepperell; Malcolm Kohler; Sonya E. Craig; Robert J.O. Davies; John R. Stradling

SLEEP ASSESSMENTS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS

Assessment of Sleep in Ventilator-Supported Critically Ill Patients
Cristina Ambrogio; Jeffrey Koebnick; Stuart F. Quan; V. Marco Ranieri; Sairam Parthasarathy

WRIST ACTIGRAPHY OF DISTURBED SLEEP IN THE ELDERLY

Interpreting Wrist Actigraphic Indices of Sleep in Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly: The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures
Reena Mehra; Katie L. Stone; Sonia Ancoli-Israel; Stephanie Litwack-Harrison; Kristine E. Ensrud; Susan Redline

PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SLEEP RESTRICTION IN RATS

Chronically Restricted Sleep Leads to Depression-Like Changes in Neurotransmitter Receptor Sensitivity and Neuroendocrine Stress Reactivity in Rats
Arianna Novati; Viktor Roman; Timur Cetin; Roelina Hagewoud; Johan A. den Boer; Paul G.M. Luiten; Peter Meerlo

VIDEO MEASURE OF DROSOPHILA

A Video Method to Study Drosophila Sleep
John E. Zimmerman; David M. Raizen; Matthew H. Maycock; Greg Maislin; Allan I. Pack

FATIGUE SEVERITY SCALE

Validation of the Fatigue Severity Scale in a Swiss Cohort
Philipp O. Valko; Claudio L. Bassetti; Konrad E. Bloch; Ulrike Held; Christian R. Baumann

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