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The Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care and Sleep publishes articles related to those who treat sleep disorders in sleep medicine from a variety of primary backgrounds, including pulmonology, neurology, psychiatry, psychology, otolaryngology, and dentistry. Manuscripts may be either basic or clinical original investigations or review articles. Potential authors of review articles are encouraged to contact the editors before submission, however, unsolicited review articles will be considered.

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Sleep Board Review Question: Hyperarousal in Insomnia

Rohit Budhiraja, MD

Department of Medicine, Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SAVAHCS) and University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

 

Insomnia is characterized by which of the following?

  1. Increased brain metabolism compared to controls only during awake.
  2. Increased brain metabolism compared to controls only during sleep.
  3. Increased brain metabolism during both asleep and awake compared to controls.
  4. No increase in brain metabolism compared to controls.

Reference as: Budhiraja R. Sleep board review question: hyperarounsal in insomnia. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2013;7(1):38-9. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13175/swjpcc091-13 PDF

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