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Open AccessEvaluating possible ‘next day’ impairment in insomnia patients administered an oral medicinal cannabis product by night: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Cannabis and its major constituents, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), are being widely used to treat sleep disturbances. However, THC can cause acute cognitive and psychomotor impairment and t...
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Open AccessSleep spindle architecture associated with distinct clinical phenotypes in older adults at risk for dementia
Sleep spindles are a hallmark of non-REM sleep and play a fundamental role in memory consolidation. Alterations in these spindles are emerging as sensitive biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases of ageing. ...
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Open AccessInsomnia subtypes characterised by objective sleep duration and NREM spectral power and the effect of acute sleep restriction: an exploratory analysis
Insomnia disorder (ID) is a heterogeneous disorder with proposed subtypes based on objective sleep duration. We speculated that insomnia subty** with additional power spectral analysis and measurement of res...
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Sleep EEG microstructure is associated with neurobehavioural impairment after extended wakefulness in obstructive sleep apnea
Using quantitative EEG (qEEG) analysis, we investigated sleep EEG microstructure as correlates of neurobehavioural performance after 24 h of extended wakefulness in untreated OSA.
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An Update on Behavioural Interventions for Improving Adherence with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Adults
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder which if left untreated results in considerable physical and psychological co-morbidity and mortality. With the development of continuous positive airw...
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An automated algorithm to identify and reject artefacts for quantitative EEG analysis during sleep in patients with sleep-disordered breathing
Large quantities of neurophysiological electroencephalogram (EEG) data are routinely collected in the sleep laboratory. These are underutilised due to the burden of managing artefact contamination. The aim of ...
