Sentences with phrase «slow wave sleep»

In contrast, a higher percentage of energy from saturated fat predicted less slow wave sleep.

This is due to having the same type of rapid eye movement and slow wave sleep as humans.

In contrast, a higher percentage of energy from saturated fat predicted less slow wave sleep.

First is an interesting one from Brandon, who's concerned about the nighttime consumption of carbohydrates spiking insulin enough to interfere with the growth hormone release that occurs during slow wave sleep.

I find this to be interesting because it is also well known that nighttime growth hormone secretion is related to the appearance of slow wave sleep.

Not only was sleep perturbed (science talk for messed - up) but the alcohol intake significantly decreased the GH peak associated with slow wave sleep by an almost 70 % reduction.

One study tested the theory on young men, finding that mustard and Tabasco sauce eaten at dinner resulted in reduced slow wave sleep and longer time needed to fall asleep.

While slow wave sleep was greater in those with a TBI they also had less non-REM stage 1 sleep, a form of very light sleep seen during the wake - to - sleep transition.

And while past studies had shown that disrupting slow wave sleep results in diminished growth hormone secretion, acoustic stimulation did not have the reverse effect.

By giving the brain a series of nudges — in other words, by triggering K - complexes — could they strengthen the waves into a pattern that mimicked slow wave sleep?

Typically suppressing rapid eye movement and increasing slow wave sleep, with the magnitude of these changes being directly related to blood alcohol levels [Yules RB, 1966].

When scientists looked at the brain waves of exercisers versus non-exercisers during the night, they found that those who work out experience more slow wave sleep.

The team predicted that the flying frigatebirds would exhibit unihemispheric slow wave sleep (USWS), a phenomenon in which animals sleep with only one hemisphere of the brain at a time, allowing them to keep one eye open to watch out for potential threats.

Cortisol is at its lowest and growth hormone is at its highest during slow wave sleep (deepest stage of sleep).

NREM1 seems to be just a transition state to the more useful stages of slow wave sleep.

Both daytime naps (Payne et al., 2015) and nocturnal sleep (Payne et al., 2008, 2012) enhance the emotional memory trade - off effect, with memory for emotional components correlated with slow wave sleep (SWS) during the day and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep overnight.

Studies have found that recovering alcoholics tend to sleep poorly, have less slow wave sleep, and increased wakefulness, resulting in less restorative sleep and daytime fatigue.

The changes in sleep architecture we observed are in an optimal direction, that is, more rich, slow wave sleep and less light or Stage 1 sleep, is a shift in the positive direction.»

Results show that greater fiber intake predicted more time spent in the stage of deep, slow wave sleep.

Last year, French startup Rythm began selling headsets that promise to monitor brain waves and deliver sounds that strengthen wearers» slow wave sleep.

«Until now, slow wave sleep has been a lot easier to break than fix, and we can't reliably stimulate it with drugs.»

Numerous sleep researchers noticed the similarity of the K - complex to other brain waves, namely those that the brain produces during its most restful periods — slow wave sleep.

The amount of time spent in each sleep phase — stage 1, stage 2, slow wave sleep (or SWS — stage 3 and 4 combined) and REM sleep — was determined and expressed in minutes and as a percentage of total sleep time.

Dr. Jessica Payne will discuss selective emotional memory consolidation in middle aged adults demonstrating that, in this understudied age - group, slow wave sleep during a daytime nap supports emotional memory consolidation although this process weakens with age.

It's during slow wave sleep that you produce the most growth hormone, says Rosenberg, which is needed to repair muscle tissue that's broken down when you exercise.

• Stage 4 → Also known as «slow wave sleep».

Researchers found that greater fiber intake predicted more time spent in the stage of deep, slow wave sleep.

Quality of sleep was identical across both groups, suggesting that slow wave sleep — during which growth hormone is released — was unaffected by carb intake.

«Dogs and humans have the same type of slow wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement (REM) and during this REM stage dogs can dream.