PSYC 1020H Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cataplexy, Nocturnal Enuresis, Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1020H
• Professor: Neil Fournier

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Manipulation: 10 oz 80 proof vodka; 24hr study-test delay. Results: (a) s/s < si; (b) i/i < i/s; (c) s/i , i/l. Point (c) encoding better when sober. Reticular formation: helps keep you asleep. Locus coeruleus and median raphe: contains serotonin. Encephalitis lethargic: could(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e aroused, (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t wake up. Cbf is greater for rh than lh. Cerebral blood flows better in right hemisphere than left. Inappropriate conditioning may facilitate the development of insomnia. Possible causes: excessive nosie stress, drugs, medications, pain: narcolepsy. Unexpected periods of sleepiness during the day. Cause: loss of certain neurons in hypothalamus: night terrors. Affects 1-3% of children ( more common in males) Associated with rem sleep and accompanied with a fear of sleeping because the content is remembered. Increased incidence after certain drugs: nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting) 5-17% of children between the ages of 3 to 15: somniloquy (sleep talking) Associated with other parasomnias: sleep apnea. Occurs during slow wave period (stage )