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This part of the SLEEP  website contains papers that have been accepted for publication, but have not been placed in a Journal issue. Once published, papers are removed from this area. It should be noted that these papers are posted in the format we received them and are thus unedited and unformatted. As a result, they may appear somewhat differently when ultimately published. We have created this web area as we wanted our readership to have access to the new science at the earliest possible point in time. As a result, new papers will be added on a weekly basis.

Insomnia Did Not Predict Incident Hypertension in Older Adults in the Cardiovascular Health Study
Authors: Barbara Phillips, MD, MSPH
Accepted: 09/01/2008


EEG Spectral Analysis in Primary Insomnia: NREM Period Effects and Sex Differences
Authors: Daniel J. Buysse, M.D., Anne Germain, Ph.D., Martica L. Hall, Ph.D., Douglas E. Moul, M.D., M.P.H., Eric A. Nofzinger, M.D., Amy Begley, M.A., Cindy L. Ehlers, Ph.D., Wesley Thompson, Ph.D., David J. Kupfer, M.D.
Accepted: 09/01/2008


APD125, a selective serotonin 5-HT2A receptor inverse agonist, significantly improves sleep maintenance in primary insomnia.
Authors: Russell Rosenberg PhD, David J. Seiden, MD, Steven G. Hull, MD, Milton Erman, MD, Howard Schwartz, MD, Christen Anderson, MD, PhD, Warren Prosser, MBA, William Shanahan, MD, Matilde Sanchez, PhD, Emil Chuang, MD, Thomas Roth PhD
Accepted: 08/29/2008


A Consensus Definition of Cataplexy in Mouse Models of Narcolepsy
Authors: Thomas E. Scammell, MD, Jon T. Willie, MD, PhD, Christian Guilleminault, MD, and Jerome M. Siegel, PhD on behalf of the International Working Group on Rodent Models of Narcolepsy
Accepted: 08/28/2008


Hypoadiponectinemia is related to Sympathetic Activation and Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Authors: Jamie CM Lam, MRCP; Aimin Xu, PhD; Sidney Tam, MD; Pek-lan Khong, PhD ; Tzy-Jyun Yao, PhD; David CL Lam, PhD; Agnes YK Lai, MSc; Bing Lam, MRCP; Karen SL Lam, MD; Mary SM Ip, MD
Accepted: 08/25/2008


Irregular Respiration as a Marker of Wakefulness During Titration of CPAP
Authors: Indu Ayappa, Robert G Norman, David Whiting, Albert HW Tsai, Fiona Anderson, Emma Donnely, David J. Silberstein, David M Rapoport
Accepted: 08/23/2008


Subclinical REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Its Clinical and Research Implications
Authors: Carlos H. Schenck, M.D., Mark W. Mahowald, M.D.
Accepted: 08/22/2008


Prospective Randomized Study of Patients with Insomnia and Mild Sleep Disordered Breathing
Authors: Christian Guilleminault MD BiolD, Kala Davis MD, Nelly T. Huynh PhD
Accepted: 08/22/2008


RESPIRATORY CYCLE-RELATED EEG CHANGES DURING SLEEP REFLECT ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURES
Authors: Ronald D. Chervin, M.D., M.S., Raman K. Malhotra, M.D., Joseph W. Burns, Ph.D.
Accepted: 08/22/2008


Prevalence and correlates of insomnia and its impact on quality of life in Chinese schizophrenia patients
Authors: Yu-Tao Xiang, 2Yong-Zhen Weng, Chi-Ming Leung, Wai-Kwong Tang, Kelly Y. C. Lai, and Gabor S. Ungvari
Accepted: 08/22/2008


Prediction of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Craniofacial Photographic Analysis
Authors: Richard W. W. LEE MD, Peter PETOCZ PhD, Tania PRVAN PhD, Andrew S. L. CHAN MD, Ronald R. GRUNSTEIN MD PhD, Peter A. CISTULLI MD PhD
Accepted: 08/19/2008


Craniofacial Phenotyping in Obstructive Sleep Apnea – A Novel Quantitative Photographic Approach
Authors: Richard W. W. LEE, MD, Andrew S. L. CHAN, MD, Ronald R. GRUNSTEIN, MD, PhD, Peter A. CISTULLI, MD, PhD
Accepted: 08/16/2008


Modafinil increases arousal determined by P13 potential amplitude; An effect blocked by gap junction antagonists
Authors: Paige Beck, Angela Odle, Tiffany Wallace-Huitt, PhD, Robert D. Skinner, PhD, and Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD
Accepted: 08/16/2008


Development of NREM Sleep Instability/Continuity (Cyclic Alternating Pattern) in Healthy Term Infants Aged 1-4 months
Authors: Silvia Miano, Maria PiaVilla, Dora Blanco, Elena Zamora, Rosa Rodriguez, Raffaele Ferri, Oliviero Bruni, and Rosa Peraita-Adrados
Accepted: 08/13/2008


Interpreting Wrist Actigraphic Indices of Sleep in Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly: The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures
Authors: Reena Mehra MD MS, Katie L. Stone MA PhD, Sonia Ancoli-Israel PhD, Stephanie Litwack-Harrison MPH, Kristine E. Ensrud MD MPH, Susan Redline MD MPH
Accepted: 08/13/2008


Night Shift Performance is Improved by a Compromise Circadian Phase Position: Study 3. Circadian Phase after 7 Night Shifts with an Intervening Weekend Off
Authors: Mark R. Smith, Charmane I. Eastman
Accepted: 08/12/2008


Heavy snoring: time to take it more seriously? A reply to Drager and Lorenzi-Filho
Authors: Sharon A Lee, Terence C Amis PhD, Karen Byth PhD, George Larcos MBBS, Kristina Kairaitis PhD, Tracey D Robinson PhD, John R Wheatley PhD
Accepted: 08/12/2008


Chronically restricted sleep leads to depression-like changes in neurotransmitter receptor sensitivity and neuroendocrine stress reactivity in rats
Authors: Arianna Novati; Viktor Roman, PhD; Timur Cetin; Roelina Hagewoud; Johan A. den Boer, PhD,MD; Paul G.M. Luiten, PhD; Peter Meerlo, PhD
Accepted: 08/12/2008


Associations between sleep duration patterns and overweight/obesity at age 6
Authors: Évelyne Touchette, Dominique Petit, Richard E Tremblay, Michel Boivin, Bruno Falissard, Christophe Genolini and Jacques Y Montplaisir
Accepted: 08/09/2008


Association Study of Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphisms with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Chinese Han Population
Authors: Weihua Yue, MD, Huiguo Liu, MD, Jishui Zhang, MD, Xianghui Zhang, BS, Xiaoping Wang, MD, Tieqiao Liu, MD, Pozi Liu, MD, Wei Hao, MD, PhD
Accepted: 08/08/2008


ASSESSMENT OF SLEEP IN VENTILATOR-SUPPORTED CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS
Authors: Cristina Ambrogio MD, Jeffrey Koebnick RPSGT., Stuart F. Quan, M.D., V. Marco Ranieri, MD, and Sairam Parthasarathy MD.
Accepted: 08/03/2008


The Multi-Dimensional Correlates Associated with Short Nocturnal Sleep Duration and Subjective Insomnia among Taiwanese Adolescents
Authors: Cheng-Fang Yen, M.D., Ph.D., Chih-Hung Ko, M.D., Ju-Yu Yen, M.D., Chung-Ping Cheng, Ph.D.
Accepted: 08/03/2008


Microdialysis elevation of adenosine in the basal forebrain produces vigilance impairments in the rat psychomotor vigilance task
Authors: Michael A Christie Ph.D., Yunren Bolortuya, M.D., Li Chao Chen, Ph.D., James T McKenna, Ph.D., Robert W McCarley, M.D., Ph.D., Robert E Strecker, Ph.D.
Accepted: 08/03/2008


A Video Method to Study Drosophila Sleep
Authors: John E. Zimmerman, Ph.D. , David M. Raizen, M.D., Ph.D., Matthew H. Maycock, Greg Maislin, M.S., M.A., Allan I. Pack, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D.
Accepted: 08/03/2008


Sex steroid hormone profiles are related to sleep measures from polysomnography and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
Authors: MaryFran Sowers, PhD, Huiyong Zheng, PhD, Howard M. Kravitz, DO, MPH, Karen Matthews, PhD, Joyce T. Bromberger, PhD, Ellen B. Gold, PhD, Jane Owens, Dr.P.H., Flavia Consens, MD, Martica Hall, PhD
Accepted: 07/31/2008


Heavy snoring and carotid atherosclerosis: Is there more than an association?
Authors: Luciano F. Drager, MD, PhD and Geraldo Lorenzi-Filho, MD, PhD
Accepted: 07/31/2008


The prevalence of insomnia, its socio-demographic and clinical correlates and treatment in the rural and urban regions of Beijing, China: a general population-based survey
Authors: Yu-Tao Xiang, MD, PhD, Xin Ma, MD, Zhuo-Ji Cai, MD, Shu-Ran Li, MD, Ying-Qiang Xiang, MD, PhD, Hong-Li Guo, MD, Ye-Zhi Hou, MD, Zhen-Bo Li, MD, Zhan-Jiang Li, MD, Yu-Fen Tao, MD, Wei-Min Dang, MD, Xiao-Mei Wu, MD, Jing Deng, MD, Kelly Y. C. Lai, MD, Gabor S. Ungvari, MD, PhD
Accepted: 07/27/2008


The influence of in utero exposure to smoking on sleep patterns in preterm neonates
Authors: Erwan Stéphan-Blanchard, Frédéric Telliez, André Léké, Djamal Djeddi, Véronique Bach, Jean-Pierre Libert, Karen Chardon
Accepted: 07/27/2008


BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE DURING CONTINUOUS EXPERIMENTAL SLEEP FRAGMENTATION IN HEALTHY ADULTS
Authors: Carrington MJ and Trinder J
Accepted: 07/27/2008


Not So Good Vibrations
Authors: Shilpa Rahangdale, MD, Lisa Campana, BS, Atul Malhotra, MD
Accepted: 07/25/2008


POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC VALUES IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING PUBERTY: PEDIATRIC VS. ADULT RESPIRATORY RULES IN ADOLESCENTS
Authors: Ignacio E. Tapia, M.D., Laurie Karamessinis, CCRT, Preetam Bandla, M.D. , Jingtao Huang, Ph.D. , Andrea Kelly, M.D., Michelle Pepe, RPSGT , Brian Schultz, RPSGT , Paul Gallagher, M.A., Lee J. Brooks, M.D., and Carole L. Marcus, M.B.B.Ch.
Accepted: 07/20/2008


EFFECT OF SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING ON THE SLEEP OF BED PARTNERS IN THE SLEEP HEART HEALTH STUDY
Authors: Imran Sharief, M.D., Graciela E. Silva, Ph.D., James L. Goodwin, Ph.D., Stuart F. Quan, M.D.
Accepted: 07/11/2008


SYMPATHETIC WITHDRAWAL AUGMENTS CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW DURING ACUTE HYPERCAPNIA IN SLEEPING LAMBS
Authors: Priscila A. Cassaglia, B.Sc. Hons., Robert I. Griffiths, Ph.D., Adrian M. Walker, Ph.D.
Accepted: 07/11/2008


EFFECTS OF CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA: DATA FROM A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Authors: Massimiliano M. Siccoli, MD, Justin C.T. Pepperell, MD, FRCP, Malcolm Kohler, MD, Sonya E. Craig, MD, MRCP, Robert J.O. Davies, MD, FRCP and John R. Stradling, MD, FRCP
Accepted: 07/04/2008


Sleep-disordered-breathing and mortality: Eighteen-year follow-up of the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort
Authors: Terry Young PhD, Laurel Finn MS, Paul Peppard PhD, Mariana Szklo-Coxe PhD, Diane Austin MS, F. Javier Nieto PhD, Robin Stubbs BS, K Mae Hla, MD
Accepted: 07/01/2008


Effect of gaboxadol on sleep in adult and elderly patients with Primary Insomnia: results from two randomized, placebo-controlled, 30-night polysomnography studies
Authors: D. Alan Lankford, PhD; Bruce C. Corser, MD; Yan-Ping Zheng, MD; Zhengrong Li, PhD; Duane B. Snavely, MA; Christopher R. Lines, PhD; Steve Deacon, PhD
Accepted: 06/30/2008


INFLUENCE OF HEAD EXTENSION, FLEXION AND ROTATION ON COLLAPSIBILITY OF THE PASSIVE UPPER AIRWAY
Authors: Jennifer H Walsh, PhD., MSc, Kathleen J Maddison, BSc(Hons)., Peter R Platt, MD., David R Hillman, MD., & Peter R Eastwood, PhD.
Accepted: 06/28/2008


Validation of the Fatigue Severity Scale in a Swiss cohort
Authors: Philipp O. Valko, MD, Claudio L. Bassetti, MD, Konrad E. Bloch, MD, Ulrike Held, PhD, Christian R. Baumann, MD
Accepted: 06/27/2008


EFFECT OF BODY POSTURE ON PHARYNGEAL SHAPE AND SIZE IN ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA
Authors: Jennifer H Walsh, PhD, Matthew S Leigh, BTech, Alexandre Paduch, MSc, Kathleen J Maddison, BSc (Hons), Julian J Armstrong, PhD, David D Sampson, PhD, David R Hillman, MD, & Peter R Eastwood, PhD
Accepted: 06/27/2008


Searching for a Marker of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: Submentalis Muscle EMG Amplitude Analysis during Sleep in Patients with Narcolepsy/Cataplexy
Authors: Raffaele Ferri, Christian Franceschini, Marco Zucconi, Stefano Vandi, Francesca Poli, Oliviero Bruni, Carlo Cipolli, Pasquale Montagna, Giuseppe Plazzi
Accepted: 06/20/2008


Zolpidem Extended-Release 12.5 mg Associated with Improvements in Work Performance in a 6-Month Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Authors: Milton Erman, MD, Alice Guiraud, MSc, Vijay N. Joish, PhD, Debra Lerner, MS, PhD
Accepted: 06/20/2008


Adolescent Insomnia as a Risk Factor for Early Adult Depression and Substance Abuse
Authors: Brandy M. Roane, M.S. and Daniel J. Taylor, Ph.D., D, ABSM
Accepted: 06/20/2008


DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF SLEEP LEG MOVEMENTS RESPONSE TO A SINGLE DOSE OF DOPAMINE-AGONIST
Authors: Mauro Manconi, MD,PhD, Raffaele Ferri, MD, Thom R Feroah, PhD, Marco Zucconi, MD, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, MD
Accepted: 06/17/2008


Low-dose Sublingual Zolpidem Tartrate is Associated with Dose-Related Improvement in Sleep Onset and Duration in Insomnia Characterized by Middle-of-the-Night (MOTN) Awakenings
Authors: Thomas Roth PhD, Steven G. Hull MD, D. Alan Lankford PhD, Russell Rosenberg PhD, Martin B. Scharf PhD
Accepted: 06/13/2008


LACK OF EFFECTS OF PRAMIPEXOLE ON REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
Authors: Hatice Kumru MD, Alex Iranzo MD, Eva Carrasco SBc, Francesc Valldeoriola MD, Maria José Martí MD, Joan Santamaria MD, Eduard Tolosa, MD
Accepted: 06/13/2008


Instrumental conditioning of human sensorimotor rhythm (12-15Hz) and its impact on sleep as well as declarative learning
Authors: Kerstin Hoedlmoser (PhD), Thomas Pecherstorfer (MS), Georg Gruber (PhD), Peter Anderer (PhD), Michael Doppelmayr (PhD), Wolfgang Klimesch (PhD), Manuel Schabus (PhD)
Accepted: 06/13/2008


Sleep-induced Hypotension Precipitates Severe Myocardial Ischemia
Authors: Song-Jung Kim, Alex Kuklov, and George J. Crystal
Accepted: 06/13/2008


A Portable Automated Assessment Tool for Sleep Apnea Using a Combined Holter-Oximeter
Authors: Conor Heneghan, PhD, Chern-Pin Chua, BE, John F. Garvey, MB BCh BAO, Philip de Chazal, PhD, Redmond Shouldice, PhD, Patricia Boyle, BS, Walter T. McNicholas, MD, FRCPI
Accepted: 06/07/2008


Effects of Night Work, Sleep Loss and Time on Task on Simulated Threat Detection Performance
Authors: Mathias Basner, MD, MSc, Joshua Rubinstein, PhD, Kenneth M. Fomberstein, Matthew C. Coble, Adrian Ecker, Deepa Avinash, MS David F. Dinges, PhD
Accepted: 06/02/2008


Short Sleep and Obesity: Are Poor Sleep, Chronic Stress, and Unhealthy Behaviors the Link?
Authors: Alexandros N. Vgontzas, M.D., Edward O. Bixler, Ph.D.
Accepted: 06/01/2008


Heavy Snoring as a Cause of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis
Authors: Sharon A Lee, Terence C Amis PhD, Karen Byth PhD, George Larcos MBBS, Kristina Kairaitis PhD, Tracey D Robinson PhD, John R Wheatley PhD
Accepted: 05/31/2008


More Daytime Sleeping Predicts Less Functional Recovery Among Older People Undergoing Inpatient Post-Acute Rehabilitation
Authors: Cathy A. Alessi, MD, Jennifer L. Martin, PhD, Adam P. Webber, BSc(Hons) MRCP(UK), Tarannum Alam, MD, Michael R. Littner, MD, Judith O. Harker, PhD, Karen R. Josephson, MPH
Accepted: 05/31/2008


Diminished capability to recognize the optimal temperature for sleep initiation may contribute to poor sleep in elderly people
Authors: Roy J.E.M. Raymann M.Sc., Eus J.W. Van Someren Ph.D.
Accepted: 05/31/2008


Portable Monitoring and Auto-Titration versus Polysomnography for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea
Authors: Richard B. Berry, M.D., Gilbert Hill, BS, Linda Thompson, RN, Valorea McLaurin, RPsgT, Malcom Randall VAMC
Accepted: 05/31/2008


A response to Drs. Gemignani, Brindani and Marbini “Restless Legs Syndrome and Diabetic Neuropathy”
Authors: Giovanni Merlino, MD; Anna Serafini, MD and Gian Luigi Gigli, MD
Accepted: 05/19/2008


Eszopiclone improves overnight polysomnography and continuous positive airway pressure titration: A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Authors: Christopher J Lettieri, MD; Timothy N Quast, MD; Arn H Eliasson, MD; Teotimo Andrada, RPSGT
Accepted: 05/19/2008


Periodic Limb Movements During Sleep: Population Prevalence, Clinical Correlates, and Racial Differences
Authors: Scofield H, Roth T, Drake CL
Accepted: 05/18/2008


Sleep duration associated with mortality in elderly, but not middle-aged adults in a large U.S. sample
Authors: James E. Gangwisch, PhD, Steven B. Heymsfield, MD, Bernadette Boden-Albala, DrPH, Ruud M. Buijs, PhD, Felix Kreier, MD, PhD, Mark G. Opler, PhD, Thomas G. Pickering, MD, Dphil, Andrew G. Rundle, DrPH, Gary K. Zammit, PhD, Dolores Malaspina, MD
Accepted: 05/17/2008


Sleep architecture in unrestrained rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) synchronized to 24-hour light-dark cycles
Authors: Kung-Chiao Hsieh, Edward L. Robinson, Charles A. Fuller
Accepted: 05/17/2008


BOOK REVIEW – Review of REM Illumination: Memory Consolidation, by Timothy Walter, M.D., Lotus Magnus, LLC, Grove City, Ohio, USA, 2007. 20 chapters, 220 pages
Authors: Gina R. Poe, Ph.D.
Accepted: 05/17/2008


The non-benzodiazepine hypnotic Zolpidem impairs sleep-dependent cortical plasticity
Authors: Julie Seibt, PhD, Sara J Aton, PhD, Sushil K Jha, PhD, Tammi Coleman, Michelle C Dumoulin, BSc, Marcos G Frank, PhD
Accepted: 05/16/2008


The Effect of Acute Sleep Deprivation on Visual Evoked Potentials in Professional Drivers
Authors: Melinda L Jackson, BApSc; Rodney J Croft, PhD; Katherine Owens, PhD; Robert J Pierce, MD; Gerard A Kennedy, PhD; David Crewther, PhD; Mark E Howard, PhD
Accepted: 05/10/2008


Prefrontal hypoactivation and recovery in insomnia
Authors: Ellemarije Altena, Ysbrand D. Van Der Werf, Ernesto J. Sanz Arigita, Thom A. Voorn, Serge A.R.B. Rombouts, Joost P.A. Kuijer, Eus J.W. Van Someren
Accepted: 05/10/2008


Genetic Association of Daytime Sleepiness and Depressive Symptoms in Elderly Men
Authors: Christina N. Lessov-Schlaggar, PhD, Donald L. Bliwise, PhD, Ruth E. Krasnow, MA, Gary E. Swan, PhD, Terry Reed, PhD
Accepted: 05/10/2008


Work-related sleep disturbances and sickness absence in the Swedish working population 1993-1999
Authors: Hugo Westerlund, Ph.D., Kristina Alexanderson, Ph.D., Torbjörn Åkerstedt, Ph.D., Linda Magnusson Hanson, Ph.D., Töres Theorell, M.D., Ph.D., Mika Kivimäki, Ph.D.
Accepted: 05/09/2008


Hypocretin receptor expressions in canine and murine narcolepsy models and in hypocretin-ligand deficient human narcolepsy
Authors: Kazuo Mishima, MD, PhD, Nobuhiro Fujiki, MD, PhD, Yasushi Yoshida, MD, PhD, Takeshi Sakurai, MD, PhD, Makoto Honda, MD, PhD, Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, Seiji Nishino, MD, PhD
Accepted: 05/02/2008


Neural Alterations and Depressive Symptoms in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients
Authors: Rebecca L. Cross, Ph.D., Rajesh Kumar, Ph.D., Paul M. Macey, Ph.D., Lynn V. Doering, R.N., D.N.Sc., Jeffry R. Alger, Ph.D., Frisca L. Yan-Go, M.D., and Ronald M. Harper, Ph.D.
Accepted: 04/30/2008


Sleep apnea as an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality: The Busselton Health Study.
Authors: Nathaniel S Marshall PhD, Keith KH Wong MBBS, Peter Y Liu MBBS PhD, Stewart RJ Cullen MBBS, Matthew W Knuiman PhD, Ronald R Grunstein MD PhD
Accepted: 04/29/2008


ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SHORT SLEEP AND SUICIDAL IDEATION AND SUICIDE ATTEMPT AMONG ADULTS IN THE GENERAL POPULATION
Authors: Renee D. Goodwin, PhD, MPH, Andrej Marusic, MD, PhD
Accepted: 04/26/2008


Sleep disordered breathing and hypertension: Does self-reported sleepiness modify the association?
Authors: Vishesh K. Kapur, MD, MPH, Helaine E. Resnick, PhD, MPH, and Daniel J. Gottlieb, MD, MPH for the Sleep Heart Health Study Group
Accepted: 04/26/2008


PRONE SLEEPING IMPAIRS CIRCULATORY CONTROL DURING SLEEP IN HEALTHY TERM INFANTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SIDS
Authors: Stephanie R Yiallourou, Adrian M Walker, Rosemary SC Horne
Accepted: 04/20/2008


Improving Sleep Quality in Older Adults with Moderate Sleep Complaints: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Tai Chi Chih
Authors: Michael R. Irwin, M.D., Richard Olmstead, Ph.D., Sarosh J. Motivala, Ph.D.
Accepted: 04/17/2008


Early Morning Executive Functioning During Sleep Deprivation is Compromised by a PERIOD3 Polymorphism
Authors: John A. Groeger, PhD, Antoine U. Viola, PhD, June C.Y. Lo, MPhil, Malcolm von Schantz, PhD, Simon N. Archer, PhD, & Derk-Jan Dijk, PhD
Accepted: 04/12/2008


PREDICTORS OF SLEEP QUALITY IN WOMEN IN THE MENOPAUSAL TRANSITION
Authors: Grace W. Pien, M.D., M.S.C.E., Mary D. Sammel, Sc.D., Ellen W. Freeman, Ph.D., Hui Lin, M.S., Tracey L. DeBlasis, B.A.
Accepted: 04/08/2008


Motor Sequence Learning Increases Sleep Spindles and Fast Frequencies in Post-training Sleep Motor Sequence Learning Increases Sleep Spindles and Fast Frequencies in Post-training Sleep
Authors: Amélie Morin, PhD; Julien Doyon, PhD; Valérie Dostie, BSc; Marc Barakat, PhD; Abdallah Hadj Tahar, PhD; Maria Korman, PhD; Habib Benali, PhD; Avi Karni, MD, PhD; Leslie G. Ungerleider, PhD; Julie Carrier, PhD
Accepted: 04/05/2008


Diagnosis of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder by Video-polysomnographic Study-- Is One Night Enough?
Authors: Zhang Jihui, MD; Lam SP, MRCPsych; Ho CKW, RPSGT; Li AM, MRCP, FHKAM (Paed); Tsoh J, FHKAM (Psych); Mok V, FRCP, FHKAM (Physician); Wing YK1* FRCPsych, FHKAM (Psych)
Accepted: 04/05/2008


Title: Altered Iron Metabolism in Lymphocytes from Subjects with Restless Legs Syndrome.
Authors: Christopher J. Earley, MB, BCh, PhD, FRCPI, Padmavathi Ponnuru, Ph.D, Xinsheng Wang, MD, PhD, Stephanie M. Patton,PhD, James R. Connor, PhD, John L. Beard, PhD, Dennis D. Taub, PhD, Richard P. Allen, Ph.D
Accepted: 03/30/2008


Catathrenia is not expiratory snoring
Authors: Christian Guilleminault, MD
Accepted: 03/30/2008


ELEVATED PEM (PHASIC ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC METRIC) RATES IDENTIFY RAPID EYE MOVEMENT BEHAVIOR DISORDER PATIENTS ON NIGHTS WITHOUT BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITIES
Authors: Donald L. Bliwise, David B. Rye
Accepted: 03/30/2008


THE ROLE OF AROUSAL RELATED BRAINSTEM REFLEXES IN CAUSING RECOVERY FROM UPPER AIRWAY OCCLUSION IN INFANTS
Authors: Henning Wulbrand, Frances McNamara, Bradley T. Thach
Accepted: 03/28/2008


Fasting Glycemia in Sleep-disordered Breathing: Lowering the Threshold on Oxyhemoglobin Desaturation
Authors: Katherine Stamatakis, Mark H. Sanders, Brian Caffo, Helaine E. Resnick, Dan J. Gottlieb, Reena Mehra, Naresh M. Punjabi
Accepted: 03/28/2008


A comparison of insomnia and depression as predictors of disability pension: The HUNT Study
Authors: Simon Overland PhD, Nicholas Glozier PhD, Børge Sivertsen PhD, Robert Stewart MD, Dag Neckelmann PhD, Steinar Krokstad PhD, Arnstein Mykletun PhD
Accepted: 03/28/2008


Two randomized placebo-controlled trials toevaluate the efficacy and tolerability of Mirtazapine for the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Authors: Nathaniel S Marshall PhD, Brendon J Yee MB ChB PhD, Anup V Desai MBBS PhD, Peter R Buchanan MBBS MD, Keith KH Wong MBBS (Hons), Renee Crompton BSc (Hons), Kerri L Melehan MRespSc RPSGT, Nadene Zack MS, Srinivas G Rao MD, R. Michael Gendreau MD PhD, Jay Kranzler MD PhD & Ronald R Grunstein MD PhD
Accepted: 03/28/2008


Variability of QT interval duration in obstructive sleep apnea: an indicator of disease severity
Authors: Mathias Baumert, PhD, Janet Smith, BSc (Hons), Peter Catcheside, PhD, R Douglas McEvoy, MD, Derek Abbott, PhD, Prashanthan Sanders, MBBS, PhD and Eugene Nalivaiko, PhD
Accepted: 03/21/2008


MULTICENTRE CASE-CONTROL STUDY ON RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: THE REMS STUDY
Authors: Mauro Manconi, MD and PhD, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, MD, Massimo Filippi, MD, Enrica Bonanni, MD, Alfonso Iudice, MD, Luigi Murri, MD, Gigli Gian Luigi, MD, Lara Fratticci, MD, Giovanni Merlino, MD, Giovanni Terzano, MD, Franco Granella, MD, Liborio Parrino, MD, Rosalia Silvestri, MD, Irene Aricò, MD, Vincenzo Dattola, MD, Giovanna Russo, MD, Carmela Luongo, MD, Alessandro Cicolin, MD, Antonella Tribolo, MD, Paola Cavalla, MD, Mariantonietta Savarese, MD, Maria Trojano, MD, Salvatore Ottaviano, MD, Fabio Cirignotta, MD, Valentina Simioni, MD, Fabrizio Salvi, MD, Fiorella Mondino, MD, Franco Perla, MD, Giorgia Chinaglia, MD, Cristina Zuliani, MD, Edward Cesnik, MD, Enrico Granieri, MD, Fabio Placidi, MD, Maria Giuseppina Palmieri, MD, Raffaele Manni, MD, Michele Terzaghi, MD, Roberto Bergamaschi, MD, Raffaele Rocchi, MD, Monica Ulivelli, MD, Sabina Bartalini, MD, Raffaele Ferri, MD, Salvatore Lo Fermo, MD, Emilio Ubiali, MD, Massimo Viscardi, MD, Mariarosa Rottoli, MD, Lino Nobili, MD, Alessandra Protti, MD, Franco Ferrillo, MD, Marta Allena, MD, Gianluigi Mancardi, MD, Biancamaria Guarnieri, MD, Francesco Londrillo, MD
Accepted: 03/21/2008


Effect of hypercapnia on sleep and breathing in unanesthetized cats.
Authors: Jimmy J. Fraigne, MSP, Witali L. Dunin-Barkowski, PhD, John M. Orem, PhDP
Accepted: 03/12/2008


Effect of Modafinil on Cerebral Blood Flow in Narcolepsy Patients
Authors: Eun Yeon Joo, MD; Woo Suk Tae, Ph.D; Seung Bong Hong, MD, PhD
Accepted: 02/25/2008


Psychomotor Performance Deficits and Their Relation to Prior Nights’ Sleep Among Individuals with Primary Insomnia
Authors: Jack D. Edinger, PhD; Melanie K. Means, PhD; Colleen E. Carney, PhD; Andrew D. Krystal, MD
Accepted: 02/25/2008


Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Siblings: An 8-year Swedish Follow-up Study
Authors: Jan Sundquist, MD, PhD, Xinjun Li, MD, PhD, Danielle Friberg, MD, PhD, Kari Hemminki, MD, PhD, and Kristina Sundquist, MD, PhD
Accepted: 02/25/2008


Coronary Blood Flow Becomes Uncoupled From Myocardial Work During Obstructive Sleep Apnea In The Presence Of Endothelial Dysfunction
Authors: Garun S. Hamilton, MBBS; Peter Solin, MBBS, PhD; Adrian Walker, PhD
Accepted: 02/25/2008


Orthodontic Expansion treatment and adenotonsillectomy in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in prepubertal children
Authors: Christian Guilleminault MD BiolD, Stacey Quo DDS, Nelly T. Huynh PhD, Kasey Li MD DDS
Accepted: 02/25/2008


123I-MIBG Cardiac Scintigraphy Provides Clues to the Underlying Neurodegenerative Disorder in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Authors: T. Miyamoto, MD.PhD, M. Miyamoto, MD.PhD, K. Suzuki, MD.PhD, M. Nishibayashi, MD, M. Iwanami, MD., K. Hirata, MD. PhD
Accepted: 02/18/2008


Brain Structural Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Authors: Paul M. Macey, PhD; Rajesh Kumar, PhD; Mary A. Woo, DNSc; Edwin M. Valladares, BS; Frisca L. Yan-Go, MD; and Ronald M. Harper, PhD
Accepted: 02/18/2008


Heavy snoring is a risk factor for case fatality and poor short-term prognosis after a first acute myocardial infarction
Authors: Imre Janszky, MD PhD, Rickard Ljung, MD MPH PhD, Morteza Rohani, MD, Johan Hallqvist, MD PhD
Accepted: 02/18/2008


The course of insomnia over one year: A longitudinal study in the general population in Sweden
Authors: Markus Jansson-Fröjmark and Steven J. Linton
Accepted: 02/18/2008


Challenging sleep homeostasis in narcolepsy-cataplexy: Implications for nonREM and REM sleep regulation
Authors: Ramin Khatami, Hans-Peter Landolt, Peter Achermann, Martin Adam, Julia V. Rétey, Esther Werth, Dagmar Schmid, Claudio L. Bassetti
Accepted: 02/18/2008


Longitudinal Association of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Non-dipping of Nocturnal Blood Pressure in the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study
Authors: Khin Mae Hla, Terry Young, Laurel Finn, Paul E. Peppard, Mariana Szklo-Coxe, Maryan Stubbs
Accepted: 02/18/2008


Too weighty a link between short sleep and obesity?
Authors: Jim Horne
Accepted: 02/11/2008


Sleep Disturbance During the Menopausal Transition in a Multi-Ethnic Community Sample of Women
Authors: Howard M. Kravitz, D.O., M.P.H., Xinhua Zhao, M.S., Joyce T. Bromberger, Ph.D., Ellen B. Gold, Ph.D., Martica H. Hall, Ph.D., Karen A. Matthews, Ph.D., MaryFran R. Sowers, Ph.D.
Accepted: 02/11/2008


CAROTID BLOOD FLOW DURING REM SLEEP
Authors: Marcella Calasso, PhD; Pier Luigi Parmeggiani, MD
Accepted: 02/11/2008


Entropy-based Measures of EEG Arousals as Biomarkers for Sleep Dynamics: Applications to Hypertension
Authors: Reza Jamasebi, Susan Redline, Sanjay R Patel, Kenneth A. Loparo
Accepted: 02/11/2008


Associations of Usual Sleep Duration with Serum Lipid and Lipoprotein Levels
Authors: Yoshitaka Kaneita M.D., Makoto Uchiyama M.D., Nobuo Yoshiike M.D., Takashi Ohida M.D.
Accepted: 02/11/2008


MX2 gene expression tends to be down-regulated in subjects with HLA-DQB1*0602
Authors: Susumu Tanaka, PhD; Yutaka Honda, MD, PhD; Makoto Honda, MD, PhD
Accepted: 02/04/2008


SLEEP IS INCREASED BY WEIGHT GAIN AND DECREASED BY WEIGHT LOSS IN MICE
Authors: Zhiwei Guan, MD; Alexandros N. Vgontzas, MD; Edward O. Bixler, PhD; and Jidong Fang, MD, PhD
Accepted: 02/04/2008


Inter-individual differences in habitual sleep timing and entrained phase of endogenous circadian rhythms of BMAL1, PER2 and PER3 mRNA in human leukocytes
Authors: Simon N Archer, Antoine U Viola, Vanessa Kyriakopoulou, Malcolm von Schantz, and Derk-Jan Dijk
Accepted: 02/04/2008


ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NIGHTTIME SLEEP AND NAPPING IN OLDER ADULTS
Authors: Suzanne E. Goldman, PhD, Martica Hall, PhD, Robert Boudreau, PhD, Karen A Matthews PhD, Jane A. Cauley DrPH, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD, Katie L. Stone, PhD, Susan M. Rubin, MPH, Suzanne Satterfield, PhD, Eleanor M. Simonsick, PhD, Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH
Accepted: 01/28/2008


QUANTIFICATION OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY DURING REM SLEEP IN MULTIPLE MUSCLES IN REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER
Authors: Birgit Frauscher, MD; Alex Iranzo, MD; Birgit Högl, MD; Jordi Casanova-Molla, MD; Manel Salamero, MD; Viola Gschliesser, MD; Eduardo Tolosa, MD; Werner Poewe, MD; Joan Santamaria, MD
Accepted: 01/28/2008


Book Review: Sleep and Pain
Authors: Larry D. Sanford, PhD
Accepted: 01/28/2008


THE CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE TO AROUSAL FROM SLEEP DECREASES WITH AGE IN HEALTHY ADULTS
Authors: Elizabeth A Goff, Denise M O’Driscoll, Anita K Simonds, John Trinder and Mary J Morrell
Accepted: 01/28/2008


Sleep Disturbance in Heavy Marijuana Users
Authors: Karen I. Bolla, Ph.D., Suzanne R. Lesage, M.D., Charlene E. Gamaldo, M.D., David N. Neubauer, M.D., Frank R. Funderburk, M.A, Jean Lud-Cadet, M.D., Paula M. David, Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Ph.D., Amy R. Benbrook, M.S.
Accepted: 01/28/2008


Meta-analysis of short sleep duration and obesity in children and adults
Authors: Francesco P Cappuccio MD FRCP, Frances M Taggart PhD, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala PhD, Andrew Currie MB ChB, Ed Peile* FRCP, Saverio Stranges MD PhD and Michelle A Miller PhD
Accepted: 01/28/2008


THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF ACTIVE AND QUIET SLEEP AS CORTICAL DELTA ACTIVITY EMERGES IN INFANT RATS
Authors: Adele M H Seelke, PhD and Mark S Blumberg, PhD
Accepted: 01/28/2008


The developmental decrease in REM Sleep: The role of transmitters and electrical coupling
Authors: E. Garcia-Rill, A. Charlesworth, D. Heister, M. Ye, and A. Hayar
Accepted: 01/21/2008


Neuroimaging insights into the pathophysiology of sleep disorders
Authors: Martin Desseilles, Thanh Dang Vu, Manuel Schabus, Virginie Sterpenich, Pierre Maquet, Sophie Schwartz
Accepted: 01/21/2008


Factors associated with concordance and variability of sleep quality in Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers
Authors: Susan M. McCurry, PhD, Kenneth C. Pike, PhD, Michael V. Vitiello, PhD, Rebecca G. Logsdon, PhD, and Linda Teri, PhD
Accepted: 01/21/2008


Slow Wave Sleep Enhancement With Gaboxadol Reduces Daytime Sleepiness During Sleep Restriction
Authors: James K. Walsh, Ph.D., Ellen Snyder, Ph.D., Janine Hall, MS., Angela C. Randazzo, Ph.D., Kara Griffin, M.A., John Groeger, Ph.D., Rhody Eisenstein, MD, Stephen D. Feren, MD, Pam Dickey, BS., Paula K. Schweitzer, Ph.D.
Accepted: 01/21/2008


Sleep Deprivation of Rats: The Hyperphagic Response is Real
Authors: Michael Koban, PhD, Luciane V. Sita, PhD, Wei Wei Le, MD, and Gloria E. Hoffman, PhD
Accepted: 01/21/2008