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The Timing of Sleep and Wakefulness

On the Substructure and Dynamics of the Circadian Pacemakers Underlying the Wake-Sleep Cycle

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Authors:
  1. James T. Enright

    1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies of Brain Function (BRAIN FUNCTION, volume 3)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Introduction

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 1-5

  3. A Description of Activity-rhythm Recordings and Their Implications

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 6-13

  4. The Pacemaker and its Precision

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 14-22

  5. A Class of Models for Mutual Entrainment of an Ensemble of Neurons

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 23-47

  6. A “Type Model” and its Behavior: Partial and Loose-Knit Mutual Entrainment

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 48-60

  7. Precision of Model Pacemakers

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 61-81

  8. Influences of Constant Light Intensity

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 82-108

  9. A Brief Detour: Further Thoughts About the Discriminator of the Models

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 109-119

  10. General Features of Entrainment: the Type Model

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 120-140

  11. Responses to Single Light Pulses. Part I: Nocturnal Rodents

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 141-158

  12. Responses to Single Light Pulses. Part II: Diurnal Birds

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 159-170

  13. Plasticity in Pacemaker Period: a Dynamic Memory

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 171-198

  14. Predictions from Coupled Stochastic Systems

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 199-215

  15. Further Predictions: a Modest Success and Two Problem Cases

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 216-229

  16. Morphology of the Models: Where is the Pacemaker?

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 230-242

  17. A Reprise and Synopsis: On the Advantages of Apparent Redundancy

    • James T. Enright
    Pages 243-252

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 253-266
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About this book

The brain functions like a computer composed of subsystems which in­ teract in a hierarchical manner. But it is not a single hierarchy, but a com­ plex system of hierarchies each of which has its very own and unique fea­ ture. One of these concerns the cyclic or rhythmic control of neuronal ac­ tivities which, among others, give rise to alternating states of wakefulness and sleep. The phenomenon of sleep still remains a mystery. The present monograph does not give us any new insights into its meaning and significance. Yet sleep research may not be the same after the appearance of this book be­ cause it gives us a comprehensive mathematical theory which opens our eyes to new insights into the mechanism of the rhythm generation that under­ lies the "wake-sleep" cycle. No one who has worked his way through this book can again look at ex­ perimental data without recognizing features which the "models" developed in its various chapters so strikingly reveal.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, USA

    James T. Enright

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Timing of Sleep and Wakefulness

  • Book Subtitle: On the Substructure and Dynamics of the Circadian Pacemakers Underlying the Wake-Sleep Cycle

  • Authors: James T. Enright

  • Series Title: Studies of Brain Function

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81387-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-09667-2Published: 01 February 1980

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-81387-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-5742

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 263

  • Topics: Zoology, Neurosciences

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