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Sleep Series – Part 3: Serotonin, Melatonin, and your Circadian Rhythm

Tue, 13 May 2014 14:00:03 +0000

Introduction – Your Circadian Rhythm: My previous post explained what sleep scientists have measured during sleep using EEG, and scientists’ current state of interpretations. Included in that post was my definition of objective sleep quality: going through the proper sequence of sleep cycles during the night with sufficient amounts of both stage 3 sleep (slow-wave […]

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Sleep Series – Part 2: Defining Sleep Quality with Sleep Architecture

Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:30:22 +0000

Featured image courtesy of Regine Debatty. Introduction: What is sleep? As human beings, we all obviously have some intuitive understanding that we get tired and get the urge to sleep with some regularity, and after sleeping we (generally) feel recharged. As I mentioned in the first part of this series, however, not all sleep is […]

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Sleep Series: Part 1 – Introduction

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 09:47:58 +0000

Featured image courtesy of Sean MacEntee. Introduction There are two versions of Graham Ballachey. It’s something of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde dichotomy. I can be either of the following: 1. A positive, energetic, intelligent, friendly, patient, and adaptable man who handles (most) stress with ease; or 2. A grumpy, irritable, anxious, slow-witted, anti-social […]

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