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    Sleeping Disorders

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    Sleeping Disorders Sleeping disorders may seem minor, but many can cause severe health damage. These health damages vary within each type of sleeping disorder. On an average, people will spend 25 years sleeping and it is astounding how little people know about what goes on after they turn the lights off and lay their heads down; sleep can help people strengthen memories, improve physical performance, and become faster learners. There are many different types of sleeping disorders, including Insomnia

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                                                              Common Sleep Disorders           Over 50 percent of the people have sleep disorder and don't know they have it. You might have a Common sleep disorder and don't know it.  Over one million sleep disorder there are many of type of Sleep Disorder.  They are treatments to it but how do you know if you have it ? you get diagnosed by going to get a medical exam.  There are many ways to get diagnosed. Children have some of this disorder too.  Sleep Disorder are prevalent among a large portions

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    rubral tremors are discussed in the paragraphs below (Grimaldi & Manto, 2013). Cerebellar lesion. A cerebellar lesion is a tremor related to cerebellar disorders. It happens after a patient suffers a stroke that causes cerebellum damage. The damage to the cerebellum impairs muscle coordination and deactivates the brain’s control of a body part’s movement. It is mainly composed of low frequency oscillations. This can lead to an inability to coordinate balance while walking, and trouble stabilizing

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    REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Essay examples

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    Our awareness of the complexity of sleep expanded in 1953 with the discovery of rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep by Aserinsky and Kleitman. Sleep was no longer considered a homogenous state, but rather a dynamic process of cycling between two distinct states, non-REM and REM sleep. Under normal circumstances the boundaries between non-REM, REM and wakefulness are well declared. Dissociative sleep disorders involve a breakdown of these boundaries (Mahowald and Schenck 1992), and provide a unique window

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    parasomnias, will offer more clarity in understanding how important good quality sleep is to all people of all ages. Keywords: Slow-Wave Sleep, REM Sleep, Memory, Learning, Sleep Deprivation, Parasomnia, Night Terrors, and Sleep Walking Sleep Disorders: Night Terrors and Sleepwalking The one human need that all organisms require is sleep. The body will eventually shut down to get rest because it requires sleep to function properly. Adequate sleep is what keeps our learning and memory on point

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    functioning in autism spectrum disorder3,4,5. Besides, autistic children also suffer from sleep disorders in a manner a similar to developmentally normal counterparts. Thus, treatment of sleep disorders can contribute to improvement in behavior and cognitive function. These findings have led to a robust exploration in the science of sleep dysregulation among children with autism spectrum disorder. Scientists claim that several mechanisms underpin sleep disruption in autism: 1). Neurochemical

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    Post-Polio syndrome is a musculoskeletal problem which occurs after an individual has had polio (LaRocco, 2011). There are about 440, 00 people that survived polio (LaRocco, 2011). It is estimated that between 15% and 80% of people with polio will have post-polio syndrome. Post-polio syndrome generally occurs 15 years after the polio virus has subsided (LaRocco, 2011). The symptoms are muscle weakness, atrophy, pain, fatigue, and cold sensitivity. Fatigue can impair cognition as well as other symptoms

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    Sleeping Disorders      I am going to start by telling you what a sleeping disorder is. A sleeping disorder is a problem that affects something to do with sleep. Not all sleeping disorders have symptoms that are obvious to a person or their family and friends, here are some common sleep disorders. - Insomnia - Sleep Apnea - Narcolepsy - Restless Leg Syndrome - Parasomnia - Bruxism - Jet Lag - Shiftwork      I will be discussing the sleeping disorders

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    between poor sleep patterns and impairment in social functioning in autism spectrum disorder3,4,5. In addition, autistic children also suffer from sleep disorders in a manner a similar to developmentally normal counterparts. These findings have led to a robust exploration in the science of sleep dysregulation among children with autism spectrum disorder. Scientists hypothesize that several mechanisms underpin sleep disruption in autism: 1). Neurochemical disturbances that include abnormalities in

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    Narcolepsy Research Paper

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    Narcolepsy is defined as a lifelong neurological disorder of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep in which the affected individual has attacks of irresistible daytime sleepiness, cataplexy (sudden muscle weakness in response to emotional triggers like surprise, laughter, fright, or anger), hypnagogic hallucinations and sleep paralysis (Wiley). Cataplexy is one of the most common signs of narcolepsy and many investigators argue the presence of cataplexy is required to confirm a diagnosis of narcolepsy.

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