sleep deprivation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsleepanddeprivation
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sleep
noun
uk/sliːp/us/sliːp/
the resting state in which the body is not active and the mind ...
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deprivation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌdep.rɪˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdep.rəˈveɪ.ʃən/
a situation in which you do not have things or conditions that are usually considered necessary for a ...
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(Definition ofsleepanddeprivationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These problems are compounded by parentalsleepdeprivation.
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Treatment can be a single or repeatedsleepdeprivation, total (all night) or partial (second half of the night).
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The biological basis of an antidepressant response tosleepdeprivationand relapse : review and hypothesis.
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Effects of tryptophan depletion in drug-free depressed patients who responded to totalsleepdeprivation.
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Other commentators discuss findings fromsleepdeprivationresearch that are consistent with the covert model.
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Increased cerebral response during a divided attention task followingsleepdeprivation.
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Intervention included six standardized protocols for the management of six risk factors for delirium: cognitive impairment,sleepdeprivation, immobility, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and dehydration.
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Effects of prolongedsleepdeprivationon local rates of cerebral energy uptake in freely moving rats.
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In all the published activation studies, subjects underwent prior totalsleepdeprivation(36-48 hours).
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An important question requiring continued investigation in animals and humans relates to the cellular mechanisms underlyingsleepdeprivation-induced prefrontal deactivations and sleep-related restorative processes.
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How to preserve the antidepressive effect ofsleepdeprivation: a comparison of sleep phase advance and sleep phase delay.
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The occurrence of visual misperceptions, although increasing linearly withsleepdeprivation, was not significantly different betweensleepdeprivationdays.
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Consistent with these continuing regional deactivations, task performance deteriorated with progressivesleepdeprivation.
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Sleepdeprivationcould flatten this rhythm because the subject is exposed to fluorescent light (in the lab) all night.
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Support for this mechanism comes primarily from studies of the effects ofsleepdeprivation.
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The resultingsleepdeprivationis another adverse aspect of the condition.
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