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T Kotorii

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PubMed1983

Effects of antibiotics, minocycline and ampicillin, on human sleep.

The effects of two kinds of antibiotics, minocycline (MNC) and ampicillin (AB-PC), on human sleep were investigated on 19 healthy male students to test for a relationship between human sleep and protein synthesis. These drugs and placebos were capsulated identically in appearance and were given to the subjects using the single blind method. MNC has been proven to prevent protein synthesis whereas AB-PC does not inhibit protein synthesis, and both antibiotics are commonly used in clinical practice. With the administration of a single dose of 200 mg of MNC, an apparent decrease in slow wave sleep (SWS) was revealed on the drug night and the effects lasted through the following two consecutive nights being given a placebo. REM sleep was not reduced on all the recording nights. On the other hand, both SWS and REM sleep were not reduced with the administration of a single dose of 500 mg of AB-PC. These results are different from those previously obtained from animal experiments since many kinds of protein synthesis inhibitors have been proven to suppress mainly REM sleep in animals. It might be supposed that the species difference may be responsible for this difference, and that some proteins or polypeptides induce human sleep, especially SWS.

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PubMed1983

Serum folic acid levels and antipyrine clearance rates in smokers and non-smokers.

Serum folic acid (FA) levels and antipyrine clearance rates were determined in 15 healthy male subjects who had not been administered any drug and alcohol for a month preceding the study. Eight of the 15 subjects smoked cigarettes daily while the remaining seven did not. The serum FA levels were measured by Lactobacillus casei bioassay. The antipyrine clearance rates were estimated in plasma or saliva obtained after oral administration of antipyrine for evaluating the activity of hepatic microsomal oxidase. The serum FA levels in the smokers were significantly lower than those in the non-smokers and the antipyrine clearance rates were significantly higher in the smokers compared with the non-smokers. The increase of the antipyrine clearance rates in the smokers was supposed to be caused by an increase in the activity of hepatic microsomal oxidase since it has been established that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contained in cigarette smoke induce these enzymes. The association of the decrease in the serum FA levels and the increase of the antipyrine clearance rates was investigated.

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PubMed1981

Polysomnographic study of terminal sleep following delirium tremens.

Polysomnographic recording was performed during terminal sleep following delirium tremens (DT) in nine chronic alcoholics. After terminal sleep all the alcoholics fully recovered from DT. The duration of terminal sleep and DT differed among patients, but no significant correlation was found between the two. The most prominent feature in teh different stages of terminal sleep was a considerable decrease in slow wave sleep, especially stage 4 sleep. A slight decrease was observed in REM sleep, while stages 1 and 2 increased. A small amount of stages 1-REM and 2-REM was observed and a statistically significant correlation was noted between the appearance of these sleep stages. Intermittent wakefulness occurred in many patients. The disappearance of sleep cycles was observed in some patients. Therefore, terminal sleep following DT probably consists of recovery sleep from sleep deprivation caused by DT and disturbances of consciousness. Sleep cycles regularly occur in the former, but not in the latter.

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PubMed1980

Study on the effects of L-5HTP on the stages of sleep in man as evaluated by using sleep deprivation.

The effects of L-5HTP 200 mg on the EEG sleep pattern were investigated in normal subjects. When L-5HTP 200 mg was orally administered, only % S1 significantly decreased in comparison with the baseline. There was no change in any sleep stage on the first recovery night. On the second recovery night, % S1 significantly decreased, while % SR increased significantly. SWS did not show any change. The effects of L-5HTP 200 mg were investigated on the first recovery night after one night of sleep deprivation. SWS significantly increased on the first recovery night when a placebo was given, while this rebound increase of SWS disappeared and % S2 significantly increased on the first recovery night when L-5HTP was given. % SR significantly increased on the next night after the L-5HTP night.

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PubMed1980

The sleep pattern of chronic alcoholics during the alcohol withdrawal period.

The sleep pattern of 13 alcoholics was recorded for five consecutive nights after the cessation of alcohol intake. In six of the 13 patients, delirium tremens occurred after hospitalization. A decrease of total sleep time and slow wave sleep was more pronounced in the patients with delirium tremens than in those without. REM sleep had slightly decreased in both groups. Rebound increase in REM sleep had not been observed in all the patients with delirium tremens. Stage 1-REM with tonic EMG was observed in these two groups. From these results we are inclined to hypothesize that a deficiency of cerebral 5-HT in alcoholics may lead to a pronounced decrease in slow wave sleep, with rapid eye movements appearing in stage 1 sleep.

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PubMed1979

Individual variations in the effects of flurazepam, clorazepate, L-dopa and thyrotropin-releasing hormone on REM sleep in man.

The comporative effects of flurazepam, clorazepate, L-dopa, and thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) on REM sleep were investigated in normal, healthy adults. A single dose of each drug was given orally to the subjects 30 min before bedtime. A dose of 30 mg flurazepam significantly decreased REM sleep-time when compared to the mean baseline record. No change was noted in REM sleep-time on the clorazepate (15 mg) night, L-dopa (1000 mg) night, or TRH (2 mg) night, when compared to the mean baseline record. Because large individual variations were found in REM sleep time on each drug night, and in percentage increase in REM sleep following partial differential REM deprivation (PDRD), correlation was investigated between them. The percentage decrease in REM sleep during flurazepam was found to have a significant negative correlation with the percentage increase in REM sleep after PDRD in individual subjects. Although there was no significant change in REM sleep on TRH night when compared to the mean baseline record, a similar significant negative correlation was noted. On the L-dopa night, there was a tendency toward a negative correlation between them. No significant correlation was noted on the clorazepate night.

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PubMed1978

Changes in sleep pattern after sleep deprivation.

Total sleep deprivation (TSD) was performed for one night with 11 healthy male students and three-consecutive-recovery night-sleep was recorded. Special attention was paid to the analysis of the individual difference in SWS(min, %) on the baseline and recovery nights. The total sleep time increased on the first recovery night compared to the baseline, but it decreased significantly on the second and third recovery nights. Stage 1(%) decreased significantly on the first and second recovery nights. Stage SWS(min) showed a significant increase on the first recovery night, while SWS(%) increased significantly on the first and second recovery nights. As for Stage REM(%), there was no significant difference between the baseline and the recovery nights. There was a positive correlation between SWS(min) on the baseline and that on the recovery nights. SWS(%) also showed the same results as those obtained with SWS(min). Between SWS(min) in the baseline and the increase rate of SWS(min) on the first recovery night, there was a significant inverse correlation, while there was a tendency to inverse correlation on the second and third recovery nights. As to SWS(%), there was a significant inverse correlation between SWS(%) in the baseline and the increase rate of SWS(%) on the first and third recovery nights.

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PubMed1977

Individual variations in response of human REM sleep to amitriptyline and haloperidol.

The effect of amitriptyline and haloperidol on REM sleep was investigated in healthy human adults, with special attention to individual variations in these drugs' effects. In addition, an investigation was made of the rebound elevation of REM sleep occurring on the following night of partial differential REM deprivation (PDRD), again with emphasis being placed on individual variations in that effect. The administration of amitriptyline in a single oral dose of 25 mg was followed by an inhibition of REM sleep in all subjects. The per cent decrease in REM sleep was found to have a significant negative correlation with the per cent increase in REM sleep following PDRD in individual subjects. The amount of REM sleep during the recovery night following the night of amitriptyline medication tended to correlate with the per cent increase in REM sleep following PDRD in individual subjects. Haloperidol in a single oral dose of 1.5 mg caused REM sleep to augment in some subjects but inhibit in others. A significant correlation was noted to exist between drug-induced change in REM sleep and the per cent increase in REM sleep following PDRD.

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PubMed1977

Study on the partial differential REM deprivation (PDRD).

With an aim to make observations on the rebound elevation of REM sleep, we have devised the partial differential REM deprivation (PDRD) method whereby the subjects are awakened forciby at a fixed time early in the morning. By this method, REM sleep is deprivated by about a half and stage 2 sleep by about one third of the baseline value; but stage SWS is not deprivated. When the test set of PDRD is performed repeatedly on an identical subject, the REM sleep time during PDRD night and recovery night is almost always constant. Our PDRD, we believe, is an excellent method that relieves the disconfort of the subject and the physical burden of research workers and yet is capable of measuring almost accurately the magnitude of rebound elevation of REM sleep in each subject.

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PubMed1975

Individual differences in compensatory rebound of REM sleep, with particular reference to their relationship to personality and behavioral characteristics.

In subjecting 14 healthy university students to partial differential rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation (PDRD), the compensatory rebound of REM sleep during the next night was determined, and showed fairly substantial individual differences in the increased percentage of REM sleep time. This rate was approximately the same for the same individual for two sleep recordings. These individual differences had no positive correlation with the decreased rate of REM time in the PDRD nights or with the percentage of REM time in the baseline night. Therefore, the individual differences in the increased percentage of REM time can be presumed to reflect individual differences in need for deprived REM sleep. Next, we looked into the relationship between the individual subject's personality and behavior characteristics, and his increased percentage of REM time. This revealed that the individuals who were extrovertive, active, optimistic, showy, and who had many friends had significantly higher increases in the percentage of REM time than the individuals who were introvertive, neurotic, inactive, nervous, modest, and who had few friends. Also discussed was the neurophysiological and biochemical basis of the central nervous system as the background for the relationship between the personality and behavioral characteristics and the increased percentage of REM sleep time.

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PubMed1975

Digital plethysmographic responses to auditory stimuli in patients with vibration disease.

Digital plethysmographic responses to auditory stimuli in 15 healthy men and 82 patients with vibration disease were analyzed in order to clarify the functional conditions of autonomic nervous system in this disease. The auditory stimuli given to healthy men caused a rapid decrease in the amplitude of the plethysmograms. After cessation of the auditory stimuli the decreased amplitude recovered to the control value within 30 sec. In the patients with vibration disease, however, the recovery of the decreased amplitude was delayed. The plethysmographic changes in the patients with vibration disease were divided into 4 types: normal (N), intermediate (I), delayed (D) and poor response (P) types. Each type of I, D and P was altered to type N by treatments consisting of therapeutic exercises, hot spring cures and so on. All healthy men showed type N. There were no significant differences between the time courses of the recovery of the plethysmographic changes and the amplitudes of the plethysmograms before the auditory stimuli. The results obtained seem to indicate that the autonomic nervous system in the patient with vibration disease is in disorder, and that the digital plethysmography with auditory stimuli is instrumental to detect the functional changes in the autonomic nervous system.

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Terminal sleep following delirium tremens in chronic alcoholics--polysomnographic and behavioral study.

Delirium tremens frequently ends with behaviorally deep sleep after which the patient has usually recovered from the withdrawal state. This sleep has been called "terminal sleep" or "critical sleep". In the present study terminal sleep was investigated in 14 chronic alcoholics. Polysomnographic recordings were undertaken during terminal sleep and the patients' behavior was observed after the patients awoke from terminal sleep. A marked decrease in stages 3 and 4 sleep was found in all the patients. Sleep cycles were regularly observed in 10 patients, while in the remaining four patients sleep cycles were not observed in terminal sleep. The patients who exhibited regular sleep cycles had fully recovered from delirium tremens after they awoke from terminal sleep, and they never relapsed into delirium tremens afterwards. In contrast, the patients who demonstrated terminal sleep in which sleep cycles were not observed revealed inactive and sometimes disoriented behavior suggesting slight disturbances of consciousness. These patients developed delirium tremens repeatedly thereafter. Therefore, terminal sleep can be divided into two different types. One is recovery sleep from sleep deprivation induced by delirium tremens, in which sleep cycles are observed. The other is not sleep, but a state which is indicative of disturbances of consciousness.

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