[Staging of sleep based on electroencephalograms and mental electromyograms recorded by a simplified polygraph, MemCalc-Malkin2].
OBJECTIVE
To examine the feasibility of MemCalc-Malkin2, a simplified polygraph, for staging of sleep.


METHODS
Electroencephalograms and mentalelectromyograms were recorded in 33 patients with possible obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome by a simplified polygraph, MemCalc-Malkin2, and their frequencies were analyzed according to the sleep stage that were determined by a simultaneous conventional polysomnography.


RESULTS
Sleep was divided into four stages, i.e., awake(SWake), rapid eye movement phase(SREM), shallow non-REM sleep {S(1+2)}, and deep non-REM sleep {S(3+4)}. The ratio of the amount of beta waves to that of delta waves was significantly different between the four sleep stages (p < 0.05), being highest in SWake and lowest in S(3+4). Mental electromyographic discharges were significantly more active in SWake and S(1+2) than in S(3+4) and SREM.


CONCLUSIONS
A MemCalc-Malkin2 appears promising for staging of sleep.
Ohisa
Noriko
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Department of Clinical Laboratory, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai 980-8574, Japan. bigkyu-thk@umin.ac.jp
Ogawa
Hiromasa
H
Murayama
Nobuki
N
Yoshida
Katsumi
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000379:methods*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*