Items for "Sleep deprivation"

Detection of Juvenile Sleep Deprivation by Stochastic Optimization of Pupillographic Records

OBJECTIVE: To address the challenging problem of measuring juvenile sleep deprivation, we test the hypothesis that a pupillographic method found successful for adult narcoleptics might also discriminate between sleep deprived juveniles acting as their own controls. METHODS: A linear, nonstationary model relating pupillary diameter and a random photic stimulus are estimated by recursive regressions from pupillographic records of 8 juveniles of median age 7 years acting as their own rested controls...

Keywords: Sleep deprivation, juveniles, pupillography, stochastic optimization.