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Behavioral and psychological characteristics of children with narcolepsy

With this study we aim to investigate the emotional development, behavior, social behavior, variation in personality traits and intellectual functioning in a group of children who are diagnosed with narcolepsy with of without cataplexie, according…

Measuring the effects of continuous dopaminergic stimulation on nocturnal movements in Parkinson's disease.

Primary:• To study the effect of rotigotine on nocturnal hypokinesiaSecondary:• To study the possibility of measuring nocturnal hypokinesia and its severity in a home setting• To correlate improvements in sleep quality by rotigotine with changes in…

Measuring quality of sleep in critically ill patients in the ICU: A pilot study

Objective: In this pilot study experience will be obtained in the simultaneous use of PSG, melatonin assay, CBT-measurement and assessment in ICU patients.

Muscle atonia during sleep; an electromyographic study

Is there a better way to detect REM sleep atonia than with the current visual analysis of submental muscle EMG? To which degree do muscles become atonic during REM sleep? Which muscle exhibit the largest decrease? How can this decrease best be…

Screening for sleep apnea using home recording of the double-loop gain as a measure of periodic breathing

Primary objectives:1. To determine the DLI threshold with optimal sensitivity and specificity. The DLI threshold is the DLI value above which the test is considered positive (and below which the test is considered negative). The optimal DLI…

The reliability of event detection in parasomnia by the monitoring of heart rate changes.

To evaluate if an event (changes of heart frequency) related video-observation is a more efficient diagnostic procedure for parasomnias.

Effect of surgical treatment on the sleep quality in people with epilepsy

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effect op epilepsy surgery of implantation of a Vagus Nervus Stimulator on the subjective and objective measures of sleep quality. Secondly the differences in sleep quality and sleep…

Sleep Measuring with Non-Invasive Applications: the HealthBed Database

Sleep Medicine Center Kempenhaeghe has a unique opportunity to combine clinical PSG with different advanced non-invasive sleep monitoring techniques as mentioned in the former paragraph. In the center, data are currently obtained in a cohort of…

Red Ears while sleepy: assessment of the relation between ear temperature and sleepiness in patients undergoing EEG examination

To assess whether a higher ear temperature is related to objective and subjective sleepiness, and subsequent sleep onset in patients undergoing a standard EEG examination. A secondary objective is to investigate whether ear temperature is related to…

An exploratory single-centre cross-over study in healthy subjects to investigate the effects of sleep deprivation on driving, EEG, and PainCart.

Part A• To assess the effect of sleep deprivation on next morning driving (both on road and in simulated driving) and subjective self-reported driving performance tests;• To assess the effect of sleep deprivation on CNS functioning using the…