TY - BOOK AU - Mallick, B.N. TI - Sleep - wakefulness U1 - 154.6 PY - 2001/// CY - New Delhi PB - National Book Trust KW - Sleep N1 - 1. Introduction 2. What are Sleep and Wakefulness 3. Sleep-Wakefulness 4. Need for Objective Criteria 5. Mind and Brain Relation 6. Methods of Studying Sleep 7. Characterisation of Sleep and Wakefulness 8. Rapid Eye Movement (REM) Sleep 9. Measurement and Quantification of Sleep 10. Basic Mechanism(s) of Sleep and Wakefulness 11. Brain Stem Reticular Formation 12. Other Brain Areas Responsible for Regulation of Sleep and Wakefulness 13. Levels of Wakefulness and Kinds of Sleep 14. REM Sleep and its Regulation 15. Chemical Nature of Sleep-Wakefulness 16. Sleep-Wakefulness and Biorhythm 17. Why Does One Sleep 18. Sleep Deprivation 19. Functions of Sleep 20. Effects of Sleep Loss in Normal Life 21. How much Sleep is Necessary and Adequate 22. Good Sleep and Factors Affecting Sleep 23. Importance of Sleep Studies ER -