According to the recently proposed vigilance model of affective disorders (vigilance in the
sense of “brain arousal”), manic behaviour is partly interpreted as an autoregulatory attempt …

Objectives. This study tested the hypothesis that patients with depression show less and
later declines into lower EEG vigilance stages (different global functional brain states) under …

Hypoarousal as indicated by skin conductance and electroencephalography (EEG) has
been discussed as a pathogenetic factor in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) …

Background/Aim: Recently, a framework has been presented that links vigilance regulation,
ie tonic brain arousal, with clinical symptoms of affective disorders. Against this background …

During the last few decades, much knowledge has been gained about sleep being a
heterogeneous condition with several distinct sleep stages that represent fundamentally …

We reviewed current definitions of vigilance to propose a definition, applicable in sleep
medicine. As previous definitions contained terms such as attention, alertness, and arousal …

Insomnia is a prevalent disabling chronic disorder. The aim of this paper is fourfold:(a) to
review evidence suggesting that dysfunctional forms of cognitive control, such as thought …

Vigilance is a term with varied definitions but the most common usage is sustained attention
or tonic alertness. This usage of vigilance implies both the degree of arousal on the sleep …

Abstract episodes of affective illness are often accompanied by marked changes in
sleep/insomnia frequently occurs in mania, and insomnia or hypersomnia often occurs in …

What psychiatric symptoms are caused by central noradrenergic dysfunction? The
hypothesis considered in this review is that noradrenergic dysfunction causes the …