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Predictors of Institutionalization of Dementia Patients in Mild and Moderate Stages: A 4-Year Prospective Analysis

BACKGROUND Institutionalization is the most important milestone in the care of dementia patients. This study was aimed at identifying relevant predictors of institutionalization in a broad empirical context and interpreting them on the basis of the predictor model proposed by Luppa et al. [Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2008;26:65-78]. METHODS At the start of this study, 357 patients with mild to...

The effect of dream deprivation.

The behavioral effects of amphetamine on REM deprived rats.

Phenomenological Study of Paradoxical Phase and Reverse Paradoxical Phase of Sleep.

There is, as is well known, a peculiar phase of sleep which is known by different names; paradoxical phase (p. p) (JOUVET 1960), activated sleep (DEMENT 1958), early morning sleep (GIBBS and GIBBS 1950), recently REMP (KLEITMAN and DEMENT 1957) and so on. The major features of this stage are: LVFA (low voltage fast activity) or waking pattern in EEG, behavioral deep sleep with high sensory thre...

Ecology and Neurophysiology of Sleep in Wild Sloths