January 1, 2006Psychosomatic Medicine

Association Between Nocturnal Vagal Tone and Sleep Depth, Sleep Quality, and Fatigue in Alcohol Dependence

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Population

Persons with alcohol dependence

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MIMichael R. IrwinUniversity of Southern California EVEdwin M. ValladaresUniversity of Southern California SMSarosh J. MotivalaUniversity of California, Los Angeles

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Implication

Findings should not yet change sleep management in alcohol dependence; hypothesis-generating for vagal targets.

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Population

Persons with alcohol dependence

Outcome

Association between nocturnal vagal tone and sleep depth, sleep quality, and fatiguesurrogate

In alcohol dependence, compromised vagal output before sleep correlates with reduced delta sleep and increased sleep impairments, suggesting sympathovagal balance as a potential therapeutic target.

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Irwin et al. (2006) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69defbff40ea065679559eb2 https://doi.org/10.1097/01.psy.0000195743.60952.00

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Association Between Nocturnal Vagal Tone and Sleep Depth, Sleep Quality, and Fatigue in Alcohol Dependence

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Association Between Nocturnal Vagal Tone and Sleep Depth, Sleep Quality, and Fatigue in Alcohol Dependence

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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