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The pre-frontal cortex: links between neuropsychological performance and the sleep and wake EEG
thesis
posted on 2018-07-17, 14:24 authored by Clare AndersonThe Pre-Frontal Cortex (PFC) has one of the highest Cerebral Metabolic Rates
(CMR) during wakefulness (Braun et al., 1997, Maquet et al., 1990) and the
lowest CMR during Slow Wave Sleep (SWS) at night (Maquet, 2000) .Inasmuch
that the PFC is a focus for low frequency delta activity (e g. Werth et al., 1996,
1997), generated directly by the cortex (Steriade et al., 1993a-c), it is argued, here,
that this serves a localised function of sleep and is thus reflective of enhanced
recovery. Given the PFC-delta activity link, Clark et al. (1998) assessed daytime
regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and found increased 'brainwork' during the
day resulted in increased delta activity at night, specifically in the (left) PFC. [Continues.]
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
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