Nazanin Biabani, Adam Birdseye, Sean Higgins, Alessio Delogu, Jan Rosenzweig, Zoran Cvetkovic, Alexander Nesbitt, Panagis Drakatos, Joerg Steier, Veena Kumari, David O'Regan, Ivana Rosenzweig
BACKGROUND: The sleep onset process is an ill-defined complex process of transition from wakefulness to sleep, characterized by progressive modifications at the subjective, behavioural, cognitive, and physiological levels. To this date, there is no international consensus which could aid a principled characterisation of this process for clinical research purposes. The current review aims to systemise the current knowledge about the underlying mechanisms of the natural heterogeneity of this process...
August 31, 2023: Journal of Thoracic Disease