A pilot study on essential oil aroma stimulation for enhancing slow-wave EEG in sleeping brain.

ABSTRACT: Sleep quality is important to health and life quality. Lack of sleep can lead to a variety of health issues and reduce in daytime function. Recent study by Fultz et al. also indicated that sleep is crucial to brain metabolism. Delta power in sleep EEG often indicates good sleep quality while alpha power usually indicates sleep interruptions and poor sleep quality. Essential oil has been speculated to improve sleep quality. Previous studies also suggest essential oil aroma may affect human brain activity when applied awake. However, those studies were often not blinded, which makes the effectiveness and mechanism of aroma a heavily debated topic. In this study, we aim to explore the effect of essential oil aroma on human sleep quality and sleep EEG in a single-blinded setup. The aroma was r

SUBMITTER: Ko LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7806966 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature