Sleep as a biomarker for depression

Abstract Sleep is a complex biological process that involves cyclic changes of brain activity. The smooth transition between wakefulness and sleep and cyclic succession of sleep stages depend on the function of numerous neurotransmitters that reciprocally influence each other. For this reason sleep...

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Published in:	International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England) Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 632 - 645
Main Authors:	Wichniak, Adam, Wierzbicka, Aleksandra, Jernajczyk, Wojciech
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Informa Healthcare 01.10.2013 Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Antidepressants Biological markers Biomarkers Biomarkers - metabolism Brain Brain activity Cyclic changes Depression - drug therapy Depression - physiopathology Drugs Electroencephalography Electroencephalography - drug effects Humans Medical treatment Mental depression Neurotransmitters Pathophysiology Patients Polysomnography Prescription drugs Psychiatry Relapse REM sleep Remission (Medicine) Research methodology Sleep Sleep - drug effects Sleep - physiology Sleep Wake Disorders - physiopathology Succession Treatment methods
ISSN:	0954-0261, 1369-1627, 1369-1627
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