title: Current and future methodology for monitoring sleep.
abstract: Sleep is much more than simply decreased consciousness, and the distinctions among the stages of nonREM and REM sleep are of significance for the polysomnographer because of their implications for physiologic events. The rules for staging sleep are essentially unchanged since their original description in 1968. This article describes this system for sleep staging, some of its weaknesses, and potential new approaches.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Feinsilver
mesh_terms: D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000379:methods*; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*