Sleep Clinical and Experimental Aspects
There is no doubt that a major problem of present day research workers, especially in the life sciences, is the plethora of publications of all kinds, abstracts, short communications, full papers in journals of varying quality, reviews and proceedings of
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Sleep
Clinical and
Experimental Aspects
Editors
D. Ganten and D. Pfaff Contributors A. A. Borbely R. Drucker-Colin 1. V. Jones P. Sleight H. S. Smyth G . Stock C. Valverde-R.
With 47 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1982
Editors M. D., Ph. D. Pharmakologisches Institut Universitat Heidelberg 1m Neuenheimer Feld 366 D-6900 Heidelberg/FRO
Dr. DEfLEV OANTEN,
Dr. DONALD PFAFF, Ph.D. Rockefeller University York A venue, and 66th Street New York, NY 10021/USA
The picture on the cover has been taken from Nieuwenhuys R., Voogd J., van Huijzen Chr.: The Human Central Nervous System. 2nd Edition. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1981
ISBN-13: 978-3-642-68335-0 e-ISBN-13: 978-3-642-68333-6 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-68333-6 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Main entry under title: Sleep, clinical and experimental aspects. (Current topics in neuroendocrinology; v. 1) Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Sleep-Physiological aspects. 2. Sleep disorders. I. BorbeJy, Alexander A. II. Ganten, D. (Detlev), 1941-. IlL Pfaff, Donald W., 1939-. IV. Series [DNLM: 1. Sleep-Physiology. WICU82Qv. I(WL 108 S62] QP425.S674 612'.821 81-23294 AACR2 This work is subjected to copyright. AIl rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproductiou by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under § 54 of the German Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to "Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort", Munich.
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Preface
There is no doubt that a major problem of present day research workers, especially in the life sciences, is the plethora of publications of all kinds, abstracts, short communications, full papers in journals of varying quality, reviews and proceedings of symposia with, in addition, an unprecedented duplication of publications. Even for experts working in the field, it is almost impossible to keep an up-to-date view of all current research articles. The Western grant and career system encourages scientists to publish as much as possible. The editors and publishers of our new series are convinced that the format of Current Topics in Neuroendocrinology leads a way out of this confusion. Each volume is conceived as a concise up-to-date textbook on one well-defined and currently exciting subject. Different from classic textbooks, however, the speed of publication compares favorably with that of many journals; this ensures an immediacy which is impossible in textbooks. On the other hand, topics
