Process / pipelinePhysiological Monitoring
Polysomnography
Polysomnography (PSG) is a comprehensive multi-channel physiological recording method that simultaneously records brain electrical activity, eye movements, muscle tone, respiratory effort, oxygen saturation, heart rate, and limb movements during sleep. First systematized by Rechtschaffen and Kales in 1968, polysomnography is the gold standard for diagnosing sleep disorders, characterizing sleep architecture, and assessing the quality and organization of sleep in humans and increasingly in veterinary species.
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- Rechtschaffen, A., & Kales, A. (1968). A Manual of Standardized Terminology, Techniques and Scoring System for Sleep Stages in Human Subjects. National Institutes of Health Publication. link ↗
- Iber, C., Ancoli-Israel, S., Chesson, A. L., & Quan, S. F. (2007). The AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events: Rules, Terminology and Technical Specifications (1st ed.). American Academy of Sleep Medicine. link ↗
- Mitchell, E. K., & Redlin, U. (2011). Polysomnography and actigraphy in laboratory animals. Sleep, 34(11), 1431-1432. DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1350 ↗