Academic Publications

  1. Smallwood RG, Vitiello MV, Giblin EC, Prinz PN.
     Sleep apnea: relationship to age, sex, and Alzheimer's Dementia.
    Sleep. 1983;6(1): 16-22.

  2. Smallwood, RG, Vitiello, MV, Avery, DH. (1986)
    Circadian temperature rhythms in young adult and aged men.
    Neurobiology of Aging, 7, 97-110.

  3. Avery DH, Wildschiodtz G, Smallwood RG, Martin D, Rafaelsen OJ.
    REM latency and core temperature relationships in primary depression.
    Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1986 Sep;74(3):269-80.

  4. Prinz PN, Vitiello MV, Smallwood RG, Schoene RB, Halter JB.
    Plasma norepinephrine in normal young and aged men: relationship with sleep.
    Journal of Gerontology. 1984 Sep;39(5):561-7.

  5. Smallwood, R. Roehrs, T.,Prinz, P. Linnoila, M, Weitzman, E.
    Effects of Phenobarbital on sleep patterns, plasma growth hormone and plasma cortisol in healthy young men.
    Sleep Res. 10: 99, 1981.

  6. Smallwood, R., Avery, D., Prinz, P.
    Circadian temperature rhythms in primary depression.
    Sleep Res., 12, 1983.

  7. Smallwood, R., Bokan, J., Christie, C., Krautstrunk, M., Prinz, P.
    Comparison of circadian temperature rhythms in healthy young men and healthy and demented elderly.
    Sleep Res. 12, 361, 1983.

  8. Smallwood, R., Prinz, P., Vitiello, M., Roehrs, T., Linnoila, M. and Weitzman, E.
    Effects of phenobarbital on sleep and nighttime plasma growth hormone and cortisol levels.
    Sleep Res., 10: 99, 1981.

  9. Smallwood, R.G., Vitiello, M.V. and Prinz, P.N.
    Sleep apnea in Alzheimer's Dementia.
    Sleep Res., 11:191, 1982.

  10. Smallwood, R.G., Vitiello, M.V., Giblin, E. and Prinz, P.N.
    Sleep apnea: Relationship to age, sex and Alzheimer's Dementia.
    The Gerontologist, 22:5, 148, 1982.

  11. Smallwood, R., Giblin, E., Ralph, D., Prinz, P.
    An analysis of the 10-second criterion for apnea/hypopnea scoring: a comparison using a 25-second criterion.
    Sleep Res. 13:166, 1984

  12. Smallwood, R.G. and Prinz, P.N.
    REM sleep measures in demented and non-demented elderly individuals.
    The Gerontologist, 23: 127, 1983.

  13. Smallwood, R.G., Prinz, P.N. and Vitiello, M.V.
    Circadian temperature rhythms in young males and healthy older adults.
    The Gerontologist, 23: 247, 1983.

  14. Vitiello MV, Bokan JA, Kukull WA, Muniz RL, Smallwood RG, Prinz PN.
    Rapid eye movement sleep measures of Alzheimer's-type dementia patients and optimally healthy aged individuals.
    Biological Psychiatry. 1984 May;19(5): 721-34.

  15. Vitiello, M., Bokan, J., Kukull, W., Muniz, R., Smallwood, R. and Prinz, P.
    REM sleep measures in healthy and demented elderly.
    Sleep Res, 12: 217, 1983.

  16. Vitiello, M., Muniz, R., Smallwood, R., Prinz, P.
    REM sleep measures in young males and in demented and non-demented elderly individuals.
    The Gerontologist 23: 127, 1983.

  17. Prinz, P., Giblin, E., Smallwood, R., Smythe, M. and Vitiello, M.
    Nighttime 02 desaturation and apnea/hypopnea in young and older men: Relationship with subjective questionnaire findings.
    Sleep Res, 12: 275, 1983.

  18. Bokan, J., Smallwood, R., Vitiello, M., Christie, C. and Prinz, P.
    Circadian rhythm of core temperature in healthy young men and in healthy and demented elderly.
    Sleep Res, 12: 361, 1983.

  19. Prinz, P., Giblin, E., Smallwood, R., Smythe, M. and Vitiello, M.
    Nighttime oxygen desaturation and apnea/hypopnea in young and older men.
    Gerontologist, 23:128, 1983.

  20. Smallwood, R., Giblin, E., Ralph, D., Vitiello, M. and Prinz, P.
    An analysis of the 10-sec criterion for apnea-hypopnea scoring: A comparison using a 25 sec criterion.
    Sleep Res, 13: 166, 1984.

  21. Prinz, P., Smallwood, R., Giblin, E., Ralph, D. and Vitiello, M.
    Breathing dysfunction during sleep: Normative data for asymptomatic older adults in relation to sleep apnea syndrome.
    Sleep Res, 13: 158, 1984.

  22. Vitiello, M., Bokan, J., Kukul, W., Muniz, R., Smallwood, R. Prinz, P.
    REM sleep measures of Alzheimer’s type dementia patients and in optimally healthy aged individual.
    Biological Psychiatry, 19: 721-734, 1984.

  23. Campbell, W., Smallwood, R., Prinz, P., Muniz, R., and Martin, D.
    FFT power spectra analysis of delta, theta, alpha and beta activity in the all night sleep EEG of young and elderly subjects.
    Journal of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology.  1986.

  24. Avery, D.  Smallwood, R.
    Circadian temperature rhythms in primary depression.
    American Journal of Psychiatry. 1985.

  25. Avery, D. Wildschiodtz, G., Smallwood, R., Martin, D., Rafaelsen, O. REM sleep in affective disorder.
    Archives of General Psychiatry, 1986.

  26. Christie, C., Prinz., P., Smallwood, R., Vitaliano, P.
    Circadian temperature variation in healthy aged and  in Alzheimer’s Dementia.
    The Gerontologist. 22:103, 1982.

  27. Muniz, R., Smallwood, R., Bokan, J., Bell, E., Vitiello, M., Prinz, P.
    REM sleep measures in healthy and demented elderly.
    Sleep Res. 12: 217, 1983.

  28. Prinz., P. Giblin, E., Smallwood, R., Smythe, M., Vitiello, M.
    Nighttime oxygen desaturation and apnea/hypopnea in young and older men: relationship to subjective questionnaire findings.
    Sleep Res. 12: 275, 1983.

  29. Prinz, P., Giblin, E., Smallwood, R., Smythe, M., Vitiello, M.
    Nighttime O2 desaturation and apnea/hypopnea in young and older men.
    The Gerontologist 23: 128, 1983.

  30. Prinz, P., Campbell, W., Smallwood, R., and Martin, D.
    Power spectra analysis of the all night sleep EEG in young and aged subjects.
    Proceedings of the First International Congress on Sleep in Relation to Disease. Oxford, England. 1983.

  31. Muniz, R., Smallwood, R., Vitiello, M., Prinz, P.
    Effect of induced awakenings on sleep quality in young and aged normal men. 
    Sleep Res. 13: 192. 1984.

  32. Prinz, P., Smallwood, R., Giblin., E., Ralph, D., Vitiello, M.
    Breathing dysfunction during sleep: normative data for asymptomatic older adults in relationship to sleep apnea syndrome.
    Sleep Res.  13: 158, 1984.

  33. Prinz, P., Giblin, E., Smallwood, R., Vitiello, M.
    Sleep apnea activity in older hypersensitive males and in age-matched controls.
    Journal of Gerontology, 1985.

  34. Prinz, P., Christie, C., Smallwood., R., Vitaliano, P., Marcin D.
    Circadian temperature rhythms in healthy aged and in Alzheimer’s Dementia.
    Jou Gerontology, 39: 30-35, 1984.

  35. Bokan, J., Smallwood, R., Vitiello, M. and Prinz, P
    Acute reversal of night to day sleep in young and aged normal males.
    Sleep Res, 13: 218, 1984.

  36. Muniz, R., Smallwood, R., Vitiello, M. and Prinz, P.
    Effect of induced awakenings on sleep quality of young and aged normal males.
    Sleep Res, 13: 192, 1984.
  1. Smallwood, R.
    Time constant filtering in polysomnography: Affect on measured delta wave content. Technical note.
    J Assoc. Polysomnographic Tech.  5: 2-3, 1982    .

 

Invited Presentations:

  1. 22nd Annual meeting Association  for the Psychological Study of Sleep Effects of Phenobarbital on sleep patterns, plasma growth hormone and plasma cortisol  in healthy young men. June, 1981 Boston, MA.
  1. 23rd Annual meeting Association  for the Psychological Study of Sleep Sleep Apnea in Alzheimer’s Dementia.  June 1982. San Antonio, TX .
  1. 35th Annual Meeting Gerontological Society. “Sleep Apnea: relationship to age, sex and Alzheimer’s Dementia” November 1982. Boston MA.
  1. Fourth International  Congress of Sleep Research “ Circadian temperature rhythms in primary depression”. July 1983. Bologna Italy.
  1. Fourth International  Congress of Sleep Research Circadian temperature rhythms in healthy young men and in healthy and demented elderly. July 1983 Bologna, Italy.
  1. 36th Annual Meeting: Gerontological Society. “Circadian temperature rhythms in young adults and in healthy older adults. November, 1983. San Francisco, CA.
  1. 24th Annual Meeting: Sleep Research Society. “Analysis of the ten-second criterion for apnea/hypopnea scoring: a comparison using a 25-second criterion. June 1984.  Toronto, Canada.

  2. 25th Anniversary Joint International Conference of the Association for the Psychophysiological Study of Sleep and the Sleep Research Society. Symposium Chairman. “Computer applications in sleep disorders medicine and sleep research:  state of the art”. Seattle, WA July 1985.