Dictionary definition: slow-wave sleep

Article: ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Clinical Trial Results ...
PR Newswire;  April 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... effect of ACP-103 on deep, or slow wave, sleep in healthy older volunteers using ... statistically significant increase in slow wave sleep that was dose-related. ACP ... quality of sleep by increasing slow wave sleep," said Uli Hacksell, Ph ...

Article: nCPAP Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Increases Slow ...
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Sleep Apnea Sleep Stage Scoring Slow Wave Sleep ABSTRACT According to standard ... of parietal lobes. However, slow wave sleep (SWS) has been found to be ... It is well known that central slow wave sleep (SWS=S3+S4) is usually ...

Article: Broken dreams: a disturbing case of abnormal behavior during ...
Sleep Review;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...It has been 10 years since Moldofsky and his coworkers summarized parasomnias that occurred as a result of partial arousals during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. (1) They reported 65 adult patients (mean age of 30 years) who had sleep walking and sleep terrors. Group 1 was associated with

Article: Visual Assessment of Selected High Amplitude Frontopolar ...
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Electroencephalography Frontal Lobe Sleep Apnea Sleep Stage Scoring Slow Wave Sleep ABSTRACT Slow wave sequences with individually defined amplitude ... used to indicate lower amplitude (<75V) slow wave sleep. Due to high intra-subject amplitude variation ...

Article: Researchers from National Taiwan University, Department of ...
Biotech Week;  September 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... continuous spike waves during slow-wave sleep syndrome,' have been published ... continuous spike waves during slow-wave sleep syndrome and their treatment ... continuous spike waves during slow-wave sleep syndrome, were enrolled ...

Article: Evidence That Memories Are Consolidated During Sleep.
AScribe Health News Service;  January 18, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... particular form of sleep, called slow-wave sleep. The researchers said their ... also establishes roles for both slow-wave sleep and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in memory consolidation. Slow-wave sleep is a deep dreamless sleep ...

Article: Phase II Studies Show Investigational Insomnia Agent Gaboxadol ...
Business Wire;  June 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... increases in deep sleep, i.e. visually scored slow wave sleep or objectively measured slow wave activity (SWA ... Combined sleep stages 3 and 4 are commonly known as slow wave sleep. Slow wave sleep and slow wave activity are associated ...