Sleep Deprivation, Stimulant Medications, and Cognition

Herausgeber: Wesensten, Nancy J

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides a critical review of stimulant medication literature regarding stimulant efficacy for restoring/maintaining cognition during sleep loss.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 188mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9781107004092
• ISBN-10: 1107004098
• Artikelnr.: 34883910

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: sustaining cognitive performance: a modern imperative David
Dinges; Part I. Basic Mechanisms: Cognitive Performance and Sleep: 1. The
true nature of sleep loss-Induced 'neurocognitive performance deficits' - a
critical appraisal Thomas J. Balkin; 2. Using fMRI to study cognitive
function and its modulation in sleep deprived persons - a selective
overview Michael W. L. Chee and Su Mei Lee; 3. The neurochemistry of
cognitive impairment following sleep loss Robert E. Strecker and James T.
McKenna; 4. The genetic basis of individual vulnerability to sleep loss
Phillip J. Quartana and Tracy L. Rupp; Part II. Stimulant Reversal of
Cognitive Deficits: 5. Modafinil reversal of cognitive deficits during
sleep loss Nancy J. Wesensten; 6. Utility of caffeine: evidence from the
laboratory Michael H. Bonnet and Donna L. Arand; 7. Caffeine: mechanism of
action, genetics and behavioural studies conducted in task simulators and
the field Christina E. Carvey, Lauren A. Thompson, Caroline R. Mahoney and
Harris R. Lieberman; 8. Stimulants in models of shift work and shift work
disorder Jonathan R. L. Schwartz and Aaron M. Henley; 9. The potential for
abuse of stimulants in chronically sleep-restricted populations Emma Childs
and Harriet de Wit; 10. Cognition enhancers versus stimulants Megan St
Peters and Martin Sarter; 11. Novel pathways for stimulant development: the
histaminergic system John J. Renger; 12. Novel pathways for stimulant
development: the hypocretin/orexin system Ravi K. Pasumarthi and Thomas S.
Kilduff; Part III. Alternatives for Sustaining Cognitive Performance During
Sleep Loss: 13. Light exposure for improving cognition during sleep loss
and circadian misalignment Kenneth P. Wright, Jr, Tina M. Burke and Mark R.
Smith; 14. Nutritional countermeasures for cognitive performance decrements
following sleep deprivation Caroline R. Mahoney and Harris R. Lieberman;
15. The role of alertness monitoring in sustaining cognition during sleep
loss Melissa M. Mallis and Francine O. James; 16. Sustaining
neurobehavioral performance on less sleep: is SWS enhancement the key?
Janine M. Hall-Porter and James K. Walsh; Part IV. Summary and Conclusions:
17. Use of stimulants in operational settings: issues and considerations
Nicholas Davenport, Cheryl Lowry and Brian Pinkston; 18. Fatigue
management: the art of the state Tracy L. Rupp, Nancy J. Wesensten and
Thomas J. Balkin.