Effect of Cold on EEG Patterns and Body Temperature during Sleep.

Abstract

Sleep stages, as measured by electroencephalographic tracings, and rectal and skin temperatures of two young Caucasian males were recorded for eight nights in test environments at North Bay, Ontario, in Febryary, 1975. During the first three and last two nights, they slept in thermoneutral environments and during the intermediate nights they slept in an unheated tent at ambient temperatures ranging from -3 C to -12 C. Both subjects experienced a deprivation of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep; however, no rebound phenomenon was seen on return to thermoneutral conditions. In confirmation of earlier well-substantiated observations, it was observed that the subject who showed more delta sleep in the cold was the one with the greater rectal temperature depression. (Author).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA044286

Entities

People

  • A. G. C. Buguet
  • L. D. Reed
  • R. E. Limmer
  • S. D. Livingstone

Organizations

  • DRDC Toronto

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acclimatization
  • Base Lines
  • Body Regions
  • Body Temperature
  • Cooling
  • Deprivation
  • Electrodes
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Health Services
  • Heat Loss
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Nervous System
  • Public Health
  • Pulse Duration Modulation
  • Recovery

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Parasitology and Pharmacology of Malaria.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.