Sleep Disorders Part I: Volume 98

The first partof a two-partwork in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series on sleep disorders

Part of the "Handbook of Clinical Neurology" series, this title focuses on sleep disorders.

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The first part of a two-part work in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series on sleep disorders

Zusammenfassung
Suitable for clinicians and researchers, this reference summarizes clinical features and management of many neurological manifestations of sleep disorders. It also offers the research, information, and laboratory techniques on topics such as sleep-wake-dependent genes, the role of sleep duration in mortality and morbidity, and more.

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Section 1 History of sleep medicine
1. History of sleep medicine

Section 2 Basic science and method
2. Normal sleep-recording and scoring techniques

3. Assessment of daytime sleepiness
4. Actigraphic monitoring of sleep and circadian rhythms
5. Video recordings and video polysomnography

6. Functional neuroimaging in sleep, sleep deprivation, and sleep disorders

   Section 3 Basic mechanisms of sleep
   7. The phylogeny of sleep

7. Ontogeny of EEG sleep from neonatal through infancy periods
8. Neurobiology of waking and sleeping
9. Neurobiology of REM sleep
10. Neurochemistry of sleep: an overview of animal experimental work
11. Molecular neurobiology of sleep
12. Manifestations and functional implications of sleep homeostasis
13. Thermoregulation in wakefulness and sleep in humans
14. Cytokines in immune function and sleep regulation
15. Endocrine and metabolic changes during sleep

16. Sleep, memory, and molecular neurobiology

    Section 4 Clinical aspects of sleep disorders
    18. Epidemiology of sleep disorders

17. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular physiology in sleep
18. Cardiovascular diseases and sleep apnea
19. Alterations in gastrointestinal functioning during sleep
20. Sleep and genitourinary systems: physiology and disorders
21. Sleep enuresis
22. Respiratory physiology in sleep and wakefulness
23. Obstructive sleep apnea: diagnosis, risk factors, and pathophysiology
24. Upper-airway resistance syndrome
25. Central sleep apnea
26. Positive-pressure treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
27. Medical and surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, including dental appliances
28. Noninvasive positive ventilation in the treatment of sleep-related breathing disorders
29. Sleep and pulmonary diseases
30. Sleep-associated respiratory disorders and their psychobehavioral consequences in children
31. Sudden death in infants during sleep
32. Neurobiology and the neurological basis of dreaming
33. Abnormal dreams and nightmare disorders
34. Sleep and psychiatric diseases
35. Sleep-related eating disorder
36. Alcohol, toxins, and medications as a cause of sleep dysfunction
37. Sleep, pain, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome
38. Women and sleep
39. Normal and abnormal sleep in the elderly