Neurobiological Mechanisms In Chronic Insomnia

Overview

Journal Sleep Med Clin

Publisher Elsevier

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2019 Apr 16

PMID 30983923

Citations 5

Authors

Michael Perlis

Wil Pigeon

Phil Gehrman

Jim Findley

Sean Drummond

Affiliations

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Abstract

This article grapples with the notion that insomnia can or should be defined in physiologic terms. It is proposed that insomnia is better understood from a neurobiological perspective. A review of the neurobiology of sleep and wakefulness is provided with a special emphasis on the implications for insomnia. Following the review it is suggested that a complete understanding of insomnia will require that the neurobiologic characterization of insomnia be informed by modern cognitive concepts and methods.

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