I just did an Amazon.book search, and found this out-of-print book Wide
Awake at 3 am by Richard Coleman at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0716717964/qid%3D984394891/102-490771
6-9942527
(Put the whole URL address into the Browser, just in case the full address
got cut off by line-wrap).
John
"Ozzy" <nospam at home.com> wrote
> James Teo wrote:
>> > Don't know anything about that. Definitely would be very interesting
> > if you could find the reference to that and pass it on to me. Dement's
> > book doesn't mention it nor does my other neuro books.
> >
> > The sleep initiators are in the brain stem and mid brain so I find it
> > difficult to imagine a disease process which would selectively damage
> > that centre without killing the individual.
>> I am sorry that I cannot find the book to give the publisher and author
but the
> information is in a book entitled "Wide Awake at 3 a.m." I got it several
years ago
> as a bonus for renewing my subscription to Scientific American. It
discusses many
> aspects of sleep deprivation and various disorders.
>
