Sleep represents an emergent set of many physiologic processes under primarily
neurobiological regulation that impact many physiologic systems. As such, many advances …

Sleep is a complex, highly organized state that is fundamental to life. And yet, many
functions of sleep remain to be discovered and understood. The past 50 years of modern …

The functions of sleep remain a mystery. Yet they must be important since sleep is highly
conserved, and its chronic disruption is associated with various metabolic, psychiatric, and …

Sleep is an essential element of human health, supporting a wide range of systems
including immune function, metabolism, cognition, and emotional regulation. To understand …

Sleep function remains controversial. Individual perspectives frame the issue of sleep
function differently. We briefly illustrate how sleep measurement and the evolution, tissue …

Sleep is entwined across many physiologic processes in the brain and periphery, thereby
exerting tremendous influence on our well-being. Yet sleep exists in a social-environmental …

'Astonishing... an amazing book... absolutely chocker full of things that we need to
know'Chris Evans' Matthew Walker is probably one of the most influential people on the …

This paper reviews the literature on interindividual variability in human sleep parameters,
sleepiness, responses to sleep deprivation, and manifestations of sleep disorders …

In this chapter, a brief overview of normal sleep is given for a clearer understanding of
subsequent chapters dealing with basic science, technical considerations, and clinical …

Why do we need sleep? How much sleep is enough? What is sleep? What happens when
we don't get enough? We spend about a third of our lives asleep-it plays a crucial role in our …