First described in 1953 by Nathaniel Kleitman and Eugene Aserinsky, rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is also called active sleep because the EEG (electroencephalogram) patterns in this stage are similar to the patterns during the awake stage. The four stages of slow-wave, or non-REM, sleep are accompanied by deep breathing, a relatively slow heartbeat, and […]
What is melatonin?
Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland and has an important role in circadian rhythms. The daily rhythm of melatonin secretion is controlled by an inbuilt, free running pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nucleus, and is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan. Melatonin synthesis is controlled by exposure to cycles of light and […]
There are times our adult lives when we seen to be so overwhelmed by our day to day activities that we forgot what it is like to sleep well, or even how to get to sleep. This article focuses on simple strategies to help get you to sleep or improve your sleep and bedtime routines. […]
How do I establish a routine that promotes sleep?
A bedtime routine is part of sleep hygiene and helps you to prepare psychologically and physically for sleep. A routine is a way of ordering simple daily tasks and behavioral pattern into a meaningful sequence. If you have great difficulty in establishing a routine, a health professional […]
What is melatonin?
Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland and has an important role in circadian rhythms. The daily rhythm of melatonin secretion is controlled by an inbuilt, free running pacemaker, the suprachiasmatic nucleus, and is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan. Melatonin synthesis is controlled by exposure to cycles of light […]
What is sleep?
Everyone knows what sleep, but most people would find it difficult to define. Sleep is the intermediate state wakefulness and death, wakefulness being regarded as the active state of all the animal and intellectual functions, and death as that of their total suspension. During sleep, our senses are disengaged and we are […]
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