Baroreceptor activity and the induction of sleep.
Sleep onset latency was substantially reduced in an experiment for 9 adults when short acoustic stimuli were given in synchrony with the heartbeat compared to a control condition in which the same stimuli were given asynchronously. By the same stimulation technique sleep quality was ameliorated in a group of 10 patients with primary insomnia.
Velden
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Fachbereich Psychologie, Universität Osnabrück, Germany.
Wölk
C
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D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011311:Pressoreceptors / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*