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Taylor & Francis Sleep Disorders and Neurological Disease 1999 Edition by Antonio Culebras
This book examines the neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuroclinical aspects of sleep and asserts that all sleep problems originate in brain dysfunction, whether structural as in brain tumors, behavioral as in insomnia, degenerative as in fatal familial insomnia, neurochemical as in narcolepsy, or neuromuscular as in sleep apnea.Examines the role of melatonin in sleep initiation and maintenance!Written by a varied group of international experts who focus on the fabric of neurological mechanisms and manifestations that underlie sleep, Sleep Disorders and Neurological Disease investigates the refreshing properties of sleep and its influence on alertness, attention, concentration, memory, and mood describes sleep dysfunction resulting from common neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis explains intrinsic sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and idiopathic CNS hypersomnia outlines the historical development of the neurochemistry, electrophysiology, neurophysiology, and chronobiology of sleep disorders investigates sleep pathology and sleep disorder medications discusses parasomnias, including sleep-wake transition and arousal disorders covers state dissociations such as Charles Bonnet syndrome and phantom limb phenomena suggests treatments for improving the sleep of patients with extrapyramidal disorders and more! Table of contents : - Historical Perspective on Sleep and ManMichael J. ThorpyNeurobiology and Segmental Neurology of SleepAntonio CulebrasDisorders of Development and Maturation of Sleep, and Sleep Disorders in Infancy, Childhood, and Cerebral PalsyStephen H. SheldonSleep-Related Respiratory Physiology in Infancy, Sleep Apnea Syndromes in Infancy and Childhood, and PolysomnographyGabriele M. Barthlen and Stephen H. SheldonDissociated States of Brain and MindMark W. Mahowald and Carlos H. SchenckThe Role of Melatonin in Sleep and Sleep DisordersIrina V. ZhdanovaDelayed-Sleep-Phase Syndrome and Other Circadian-Rhythm Sleep DisordersCharles P. PollakInsomnia in NeurologyElio Lugaresi, Federica Provini, and Giuseppe PlazziMotor Disorders of Sleep: Periodic, Aperiodic, and Rhythmic Motor Disorders and ParasomniasPasquale MontagnaSleep in Neurodegenerative DisordersSudhansu ChokrovertyParkinson's Disease and Extrapyramidal DisordersRobert L. RodnitzkySleep and Nocturnal Delirium in the Dementias: Alzheimer's Disease, Multi-Infarct Dementia, and Parkinson's DiseaseDonald L. BliwiseObstructive and Nonobstructive Sleep Apnea: The Neurological PerspectiveChristian Guilleminault and Ali G. BassiriSleep and StrokeHeikki Palomaki and Markku PartinenSleep, Epilepsy, and Sudden DeathChristine Quinto and Sudhansu ChokrovertyNarcolepsy, Idiopathic Hypersomnia, and Periodic HypersomniasClaudio Bassetti and Michael S. AldrichHeadache Disorders and SleepAntonio CulebrasSleep in Traumatic Brain Injury and Other Acquired CNS ConditionsMark W. MahowaldSleep Disorders Associated with Multiple SclerosisAntonio CulebrasSleep Disorders and Neuromuscular DisordersAntonio Culebras