Abstract
Sleep is an essential element of human health, supporting a wide range of systems including immune function, metabolism, cognition, and emotional regulation. To understand everything that sleep does, however, it is necessary to understand what sleep is. This chapter provides that foundation by discussing the conceptualization, physiology, and measurement of sleep.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Sleep and Health |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Pages | 3-10 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780128153734 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780128153741 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2019 |
Keywords
- Actigraphy
- Circadian rhythms
- Non-REM sleep
- Polysomnography
- REM sleep
- Sleep ability
- Sleep measurement
- Sleep need
- Sleep opportunity
- Sleep physiology
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology