title: Transient and all-night effects of passing truck noise on the number of sleep spindle.
abstract: Changes in the number of transient and all-night sleep spindles by traffic noise of 55 to 65 dB(A) were studied. The sleep parameters were the number of spindles per minute in stages 2, 3, and 4 (S2, S3, S4) and the total number of spindles divided by the total sleep time. A transient decrease in the number of spindles was recognized and after noise exposure, the number of spindles increased to near the pre-exposure level. Spindles were counted from S2, S3 and S4 for all-night sleep. The number of spindles in all-night sleep by noise exposure increased. The authors explain discrepancies in the results by a compensatory brain mechanism of sleep disturbance due to passing truck noise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009624:Noise, Transportation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017286:Polysomnography; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM; D013997:Time Factors