Sleep and the cholinergic rapid eye movement sleep induction test in patients with primary alcohol dependence

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• 作者：Gann ; Horst ; Feige ; Bernd ; Hohagen ; Fritz ; van Calker ; Dietrich ; Geiss ; Dagmar ; Dieter ; Riemann
• 关键词：Alcoholism ; relapse ; REM sleep
• 刊名：Biological Psychiatry
• 出版年：2001
• 出版时间：September 1, 2001
• 年：2001
• 卷：50
• 期：5
• 页码：383-390
• 全文大小：98.7 K

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Background: The present study investigated polysomnographically assessed sleep parameters in alcohol-dependent patients after withdrawal and in healthy control subjects during baseline and after a cholinergic stimulation paradigm. The aim of the study was to test whether sleep parameters, especially rapid eye movement (REM) sleep variables, may serve as predictors for relapse in alcohol-dependent patients.