"Polysomnography" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Simultaneous and continuous monitoring of several parameters during sleep to study normal and abnormal sleep. The study includes monitoring of brain waves, to assess sleep stages, and other physiological variables such as breathing, eye movements, and blood oxygen levels which exhibit a disrupted pattern with sleep disturbances.
| Descriptor ID |
D017286
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.520.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Polysomnography- Polysomnography
- Polysomnographies
- Monitoring, Sleep
- Sleep Monitoring
- Somnography
- Somnographies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polysomnography" by people in Profiles.
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Characterization of Patients Who Present With Insomnia: Is There Room for a Symptom Cluster-Based Approach? J Clin Sleep Med. 2017 Jul 15; 13(7):911-921.
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Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome from past to future: model for translational and transitional autonomic medicine. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2009 Jun; 44(6):521-35.
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Sleep, performance, circadian rhythms, and light-dark cycles during two space shuttle flights. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2001 Nov; 281(5):R1647-64.
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Microgravity reduces sleep-disordered breathing in humans. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Aug 01; 164(3):478-85.
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Time course of sleep inertia dissipation in human performance and alertness. J Sleep Res. 1999 Mar; 8(1):1-8.
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Psychophysiological insomnia: the behavioural model and a neurocognitive perspective. J Sleep Res. 1997 Sep; 6(3):179-88.
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Mesograde amnesia during the sleep onset transition: replication and electrophysiological correlates. Sleep. 1997 Jul; 20(7):512-22.
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A polysomnographic study of sleep disturbance in community elderly with self-reported environmental chemical odor intolerance. Biol Psychiatry. 1996 Jul 15; 40(2):123-33.