Bacterial circadian rhythms

There are many sleep stages people go through when resting. The first sleep stage is the theta waves, also known as light sleeping. In this stage theta waves are increasing as the alpha waves fade out to put you into light sleep. If awaken from this stage most people are unaware they were actually beginning to sleep. Secondly you move on into the second stage, which is the sleep spindles. In this stage your temperature drops, heart rate slows, and your breathing becomes flat and irregular. Sleep

What are some common sleep disorders and how are they treated? What is a sleep disorder? It's a condition that frequently impacts your ability to get enough quality sleep.As a matter of fact, there are a couple of different sleep disorders. For example, the four most common sleep disorders are,Insomnia,Sleep apnea, Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) and Narcolepsy. Meanwhile, over 75% of americans between ages of 20 and 59 report to having sleep disorders. The lack of sleep causes a negative impact on

The subject I have chosen to write about is Insomnia. The reason I have chosen this is because I know some things about it, but I would like to know more. For the past few weeks I have been only sleeping for one to two hours before I have to be awake for the day. It has been driving me crazy that I cannot sleep. I am the type of person who loves to sleep. If I could be sleeping at any time I would be. I would like to understand why I have it and what is causing it. I have learned that my biological

Hypersomnia The hypersomnia is a sleep disorder that causes the person a strong urge to sleep, the tendency to always stay in bed, or having episodes of sleep during the day, struggling to wake up in the morning, almost every day. It affects about 5 % of the normal population, the most affected age group is between 15 and 30 years. The hypersomnia and the need to sleep that follows is wrongly identified by the person and his family as "oversleeping", and then the listlessness index and laziness

There are three main components related to driver fatigue: Circadian rhythm effects, sleep deprivation and cumulative effects, and lastly industrial or “time-on-task” fatigue. The circadian rhythm, can be described as a normal attentiveness and or sleepiness experienced through a 24-hour day. The cycle low points, shows a decrease in attentiveness. And the high points state the area where difficult sleep occurs. Shifting the circadian rhythm by one to two hours or backward per day

Doing the sleeping inventory evaluation, I learned that a lot of the things I do daily that affect my sleep. An example would be, not getting enough exercise. Being physically active during the day will make you more tired at the end of the day which makes it easier to sleep and much faster! Something I do every night before I go to bed, is staying up late on my phone. You shouldn’t be on your phone, watching tv or reading a book in bed, because it can make it harder to calm yourself to fall asleep

occurs in several cycles during the night, each cycles consisting of five stages. Light sleep to very deep sleep are ranging during the first four stages, EEG machine shows that the brain activities are decreasing by demonstrating the electrical wave rhythms from first to fourth stage. The four stages can categorized as non-REM sleep (or slow-wave sleep). However, during the fifth stage, there are increased activity of the brain which is associated with rapid eye movement (REM). Due to the increased activity

Having a job can be rewarding yet life consuming. As any regular teenager I worked at least 5 days a week at 5 in the morning. I tried to juggle time with friends, work, sleep, and preparing for college. I quickly discovered hanging out with friends late at night was no longer an option. I would not fall asleep until midnight leaving me 4 hours to sleep before going to work. By the middle of summer sleep became a huge problem for me. I felt anxious when it was time to fall asleep and would be

With the New Year comes a renewed passion for fitness goals, whether it is running your first 5K, competing in a triathlon or simply committing to walking a mile every day. But if you have chronic pain caused by a stiff neck or degenerative disc disease, it may be difficult to find the motivation to achieve the success you crave or take control of your overall health and physical fitness. While a diagnosis of degenerative disc disease may seem alarming, patients should keep in mind that it is neither

In this article, as we fall asleep we forget about the future: a quantitative linguistic analysis of mentation reports from hypnagogia. The authors are addressing how the two basic states of consciousness sleep and wakefulness. Sleep onset hypnagogia is the twilight state of human consciousness, marking the transition from waking to sleep. It occurs regularly and spontaneously in healthy humans and allows researchers to study potential shifts in cognitive functions while waking consciousness fades