Sleep….
Mysterious and Fun
Sommeil
Sueño | Unitila
Slaap | Alvás
Stages 1 and 2
– light sleep
Stage 3
- deep sleep
- “Slow Wave Sleep”
- “Delta Sleep”
REM
All Stages of
Sleep
Important
Polyphasic
sleep a bust
Sleep Debt?
Does it exist?
Not clear….
Sleep = fun, pleasurable activity
"Sleep rock thy brain" – Shakespeare, Hamlet
Demographics
Rich vs Poor
Women vs Men
Young vs Old
"Dawn comes soon enough for
the working class"
- Exene Cervenka and John Doe
Young
Middle Age
Old
Young
Middle Age
Old
NIH: Over half of Americans past
age 60 have insomnia.
Siestas
Good for you?....
Naps
(Power and Otherwise)
"It’s been a hard day’s night
And I’ll be sleepin´ like a log…. “
- The Beatles
Orexin (aka hypocretin)
Neuropeptide hormone
New drugs?
• Obesity
• Insomnia
• Alzheimer’s
• Narcolepsy
Orexin (aka hypocretin)
Neuropeptide hormone
Sex is the poor man’s opera
- George Bernard Shaw (?)
"Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber" – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
Sleep Culture
Not something we have to do….
Something we want to do.
FUN!!!
Good night and sleep well.