Sleep Apnea

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prevented the animal from awakening; showing that brain structures below the
level of the cut were responsible for awakening the lab animal.
The American Sleep Disorders Association (ASDA), Association for the
Psychophysiological Study of Sleep (APSS), Association of Sleep Disorder Centers
(ASDC), and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has studied sleep and
sleep disorders since the early 1970's. Out of all the sleep disorders
currently being studied, sleep apnea has gain world wide attention, affecting
over 15 million people. Apnea, derived from the Greek word "want to breath."
Sleep Apnea (cessation of air flow at the mouth for greater than 10 seconds) can
reflect 1) loss of central nervous system drive to maintain ventilation, 2)
mechanical upper airway obstruction, or combinations of both. The second
edition of Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease states "Conversely, obstructive
forms of sleep apnea are due to an abnormal relaxation of the ...

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the sleep apnea syndrome.
Sleep affects psychological well-being. Because sleep apnea deprives
patients of sleep, numerous of studies have consistently shown that sleep loss
affects daytime performance, sleepiness and mood. One of the first capacities
that Dr. Arthur J. Speilman of the Department of Psychology in New York spoke of,
is the ability to produce creative solutions to problems., and how being deprive
of sleep can impair a patients functional capacity. Dr. Paul Glovinsky, Dr.
Spielman's research colleague noted "the focus of psychology is behavior, which
at first glance might be thought to cease during sleep". Dr. Glovinsky also
noted "neither the mind nor the ...

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