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. 1980 Dec;15(6):879-89.

Relationship between EEG sleep patterns and clinical improvement in depressed patients treated with sleep deprivation

W C Duncan Jr, J C Gillin, R M Post, R H Gerner, T A Wehr
  • PMID: 7459409

Relationship between EEG sleep patterns and clinical improvement in depressed patients treated with sleep deprivation

W C Duncan Jr et al. Biol Psychiatry. 1980 Dec.

Abstract

The effects of a single night of total sleep deprivation were observed in 16 primary depressed patients. Responders to treatment were rated as significantly more depressed and revealed a more "depressed" EEG sleep pattern prior to sleep deprivation than did nonresponders. Following sleep deprivation, patients who improved experienced a rebound in REM sleep during the second night of recovery sleep.

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