PSY 4327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Itch, Peripheral Neuropathy, Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
30 Jan 2018
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Sleep - cycle in and out every 90 mins. Rem (rapid eye movement) at the end of eat 90 mins cycle - where most of dreaming occurs. Set alarm to end of cycle, not middle (deepest part of sleep) Dyssomnias - difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep (getting to or staying asleep), and suffering from excessive sleep. Idiopathic insomnia - we think there might be something wrong in the brain (neurology). Lifelong pattern, doesn"t change at different ages, of inability to get adequate sleep. Always feel sleep deprived something to do with the wiring (sleep-wake control mechanisms) of the brain. We don"t know for sure, but might be hyperactivity in the arousal system don"t know); not psychological not bad habit. 3: narcolepsy - characterized by excessive sleepiness during the day; very weird/abnormal rem activity, dream all over the place. Often but not always suffer from catalepsy, when your muscles just collapse, totally awake but muscles just don"t respond.
