This work aims to propose new methodologies for the quantitative characterization of insomnia. Sleep microstructure, as expressed by Cyclic Alternatic pattern (CAP) sleep, is studied and differences between normal sleepers and insomniacs are investigated. The dynamic in the structure of CAP activation events is studied by use of wavelet analysis and the content of events, i.e. EEG dynamics, is studied in terms of complexity analysis. Both in structure and content, features exhibiting statistically significant differences are proposed, opening new perspectives for the understanding and the quantitative characterization of sleep and its disorders.
CAP sleep in insomnia: new methodological aspects for sleep microstructure analysis / Chouvarda, I.; Mendez, M. O.; Rosso, Valentina; Bianchi, A. M.; Parrino, Liborio; Grassi, A.; Terzano, M.; Maglaveras, N.; Cerutti, S.. - In: IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY MAGAZINE. - ISSN 0739-5175. - 2011:(2011), pp. 1495-1498. [10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090341]
CAP sleep in insomnia: new methodological aspects for sleep microstructure analysis.
ROSSO, VALENTINA;PARRINO, Liborio;A. Grassi;
2011-01-01
Abstract
This work aims to propose new methodologies for the quantitative characterization of insomnia. Sleep microstructure, as expressed by Cyclic Alternatic pattern (CAP) sleep, is studied and differences between normal sleepers and insomniacs are investigated. The dynamic in the structure of CAP activation events is studied by use of wavelet analysis and the content of events, i.e. EEG dynamics, is studied in terms of complexity analysis. Both in structure and content, features exhibiting statistically significant differences are proposed, opening new perspectives for the understanding and the quantitative characterization of sleep and its disorders.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
