Velluti The Auditory System in Sleep

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-08-055621-5
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

This book presents for the first time a view of a sensory system working in a different state-that of the sleeping brain. The auditory system is always 'open” receiving information from the environment and the body itself (conscious and unconscious data). Even during sleep the auditory information is processed, although in a different way. This book draws information from evoked potentials, fMRI, PET, SPECT, lesions, etc., together with electrophysiological online data in order to depict how the auditory system single unit activity, recorded during sleep, revealed the possibility of sensory information participation in sleep processes.
* Presents diverse experimental viewpoints from the beginning of classical electroencephalography to the more recent imaging, single units, electro-magneto-encephalography studies, etc.
* Includes classic data as well as new data based in the existing literature and on the long scientific research lines (auditory and sleep) developed by the author and coworkers on this subject since 1963

Autoren/Hrsg.

Velluti, Ricardo

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front cover;1
2;The auditory system in sleep;4
3;Copyright page;5
4;Contents;8
5;Foreword;12
6;Acknowledgements;14
7;Introduction;18
8;Chapter 1. Brief analysis of the organization of the auditory system and its physiological basis;24
8.1;The afferent ascending system;24
8.2;Auditory nerve evoked activity;25
8.3;Evoked activity;28
8.4;Cochlear nucleus;30
8.5;Superior olivary complex;33
8.6;Inferior Colliculus;36
8.7;Medial geniculate body;38
8.8;Auditory cortex;39
8.9;The reticular formation;47
8.10;The cerebellum;47
8.11;The efferent descending system;49
8.12;Auditory cortex efferents;51
8.13;Inferior colliculus efferents;52
8.14;The olivo-cochlear system;54
8.15;General considerations of efferent activities;59
9;Chapter 2. The physiological bases of sleep;62
9.1;Sleep is a central nervous system state;63
9.2;Sleep and their associated physiological changes;67
9.3;Neurophysiology;86
9.4;Possible functions performed during sleep;97
10;Chapter 3. Notes on information processing;102
10.1;Coding;103
11;Chapter 4. Auditory information processing during sleep;112
11.1;Without sensory input;112
11.2;Evoked activity;114
11.3;Sensory evoked responses;115
11.4;Human auditory far-field evoked potentials;116
11.5;Long latency evoked potentials;118
11.6;Cognitive, event-related potentials;118
11.7;P300;118
11.8;Mismatch negativity;119
11.9;Experimental animal studies of evoked potentials;121
11.10;Human magnetoencephalographic evoked activity recordings in sleep;125
11.11;Human auditory brain areas imaging;127
12;Chapter 5. Auditory unit activity in sleep;130
12.1;The activity of central auditory neurones in sleep and wakefulness;131
12.2;Neuronal discharge pattern shifts;142
12.3;Relationships between the theta rhythm of the hippocampus and auditory neurones;146
12.4;Complex sound processing at the auditory single unit level;162
12.5;Conclusions;168
13;Chapter 6. Auditory influences on sleep;174
13.1;Sensory input and sleep;177
13.2;Human and animal experimental data: effects of sound stimulation and auditory deprivation on sleep;182
14;Conclusions;188
14.1;Highlights from the auditory system standpoint;189
14.2;Highlights from the sleep state viewpoint;190
15;References;192
16;Index;218
16.1;A;218
16.2;B;219
16.3;C;219
16.4;D;219
16.5;E;219
16.6;F;220
16.7;G;220
16.8;H;220
16.9;I;220
16.10;L;220
16.11;M;221
16.12;N;221
16.13;O;221
16.14;P;222
16.15;R;222
16.16;S;222
16.17;T;223
16.18;U;223
16.19;V;223
16.20;W;223
17;Color Plates;224