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Long-Term Changes in Sleep Patterns in Men on the South Polar Plateau
Kirmach Natani;
Jay T. Shurley, MD;
Chester M. Pierce, MD;
Robert E. Brooks
Arch Intern Med. 1970;125(4):655-659.
Abstract
Polygraph records of the sleep of four men, mean age 29, who wintered over at South Pole Station in 1967, were acquired on magnetic tape for three consecutive nights at six points in time spanning base line recordings in the United States, four sessions at South Pole, and return to the United States. From the 15 second-night records analyzed, there is indication that total sleep time varied little, but sleep onset times were increased, and percent rapid eye movement (REM) decreased significantly, while Stage 4 sleep was virtually eliminated by the sojourn in Antarctica. Slow-wave sleep had not returned six months after return to the United States. The longterm effects of chronic hypobaric hypoxia is offered as a partial explanation for stage 4 dropout.
Author Affiliations
Oklahoma City
From the Behavioral Science Laboratories of the Veterans Administration Hospital and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City. Dr. Pierce is now with Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Footnotes
Received for publication Oct 15, 1969; accepted Jan 7, 1970.
Reprint requests to 921 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City 73104 (Dr. Shurley).
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