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SUBMITTER: Steiger A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6386825 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular sciences 20190131 3
Impaired sleep is both a risk factor and a symptom of depression. Objective sleep is assessed using the sleep electroencephalogram (EEG). Characteristic sleep-EEG changes in patients with depression include disinhibition of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, changes of sleep continuity, and impaired non-REM sleep. Most antidepressants suppress REM sleep both in healthy volunteers and depressed patients. Various sleep-EEG variables may be suitable as biomarkers for diagnosis, prognosis, and predicti ...[more]