[2], [3] Accounts of other civilizations using substances for spiritual, healing, and recreational purposes abound. Shamanism, which has been defined as “the practice of erasing the barriers between sleep and wakefulness, life and death, through the entheogenic use of drugs,” has existed since...
In order to prepare for these events, ISS astronauts are often required to “slam-shift,” whereby they suddenly are required to sleep at a time many hours before or after their nominal bedtime in order to have scheduled wakefulness coincide with mission events. These abrupt shifts in the ...
With age, changes occur in a person’s sleep and wakefulness patterns, leading to sleep and wakefulness problems. One of the ways used to improve the quality of sleep in people is through sleep-inducing medication use [30]. Although sleeping pills can be used as an effective solution to ...
In order to prepare for these events, ISS astronauts are often required to "slam-shift," whereby they suddenly are required to sleep at a time many hours before or after their nominal bedtime in order to have scheduled wakefulness coincide with mission events. These abrupt shifts in the ...
With age, changes occur in a person’s sleep and wakefulness patterns, leading to sleep and wakefulness problems. One of the ways used to improve the quality of sleep in people is through sleep-inducing medication use [30]. Although sleeping pills can be used as an effective solution to ...
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wakefulness, and tiredness associated with pain.They were significantly more likely to endorse items indi-cating that they felt less bothered, had good appetites moreoften, were less frequently depressed, had less frequent lossesof energy, were less often restless, and were less often lonely.TheFig...
Furthermore, infusion of OXA or OXB into the rodent basal forebrain, LC, or lateral ventricles increases wakefulness, while orexin receptor antagonist administration has sleep-promoting effects in both animals and humans (for a review, see [16]). However, only OX2R and OX1R/OX2R, ...
Its bitter alkaloid stimulates the nervous system and helps one to be alert. Some people report long moments of wakefulness once they use caffeine. Caffeine affects the brain by binding some receptors in the brain. The bound receptors are responsible for causing sleep hence a person remains awake...
In order to prepare for these events, ISS astronauts are often required to "slam-shift," whereby they suddenly are required to sleep at a time many hours before or after their nominal bedtime in order to have scheduled wakefulness coincide with mission events. These abrupt shifts in the ...