- Allan Rechtschaffen
Allan Rechtschaffen is a noted pioneer [cite web
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metabolism , as well as the effects ofsleep deprivation . He also looked at sleep inreptiles andrats .Dr.Rechtschaffen and Gerry Vogel, working with colleagues at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York including Dr.
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quote= ] Dr. Rechtshaffen went on to perform experiments in rats that demonstrated the lethal consequences of long-term (two weeks or more) sleep deprivation andREM sleep deprivation.He worked with Anthony Kales in developing the currently accepted adult human sleep scale criteria used by sleep laboratories to report human sleep scale datawhich is commonly called the R and K system or Rechtschaffen and Kales system named after its key developers.
Rechtschaffen is currently Professor Emeritus in the Department of
Psychiatry andPsychology at theUniversity of Chicago .References
"A manual of standardized terminology, techniques and scoring system for sleep stages of human subjects" edited by Allan Rechtschaffen and Anthony Kales, National Institutes of Health, Publication no. 204, Neurological Information Network (1968)
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* [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/16/1068917669538.html The Secret of Sleep]
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