Sleep—Wake Disorders

Sleep-wake disorders frequently give rise to severe ailments and varied distresses in a great number of people in the world, disturbing their physical and mental activities and their social function. Sleep-wake disorders are now classified into a great number of cate­ gories according to their clini...

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Other Authors: Meier-Ewert, K. (Editor), Okawa, M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1997, 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Basic Sleep Research
  • 1. Prostaglandins and Sleep
  • 2. Modelling Sleep Propensity and Sleep Disturbances
  • Circadian Rhythms
  • 3. Movement, Mood, and Moment in Human Subjects during Temporal Isolation
  • 4. Feedback from Sleep—Wake Rhythm onto the Circadian Pacemaker in Humans
  • 5. Treatment of Human Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders
  • 6. The Relationship between Sleep—Wake Rhythm and Body Temperature Rhythm in Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome and Non-24-Hour Sleep—Wake Rhythm
  • 7. Some Light on the Controversy about the Effects of the Shift to Daylight Saving Time on Road Accidents
  • Insomnias and Narcolepsy
  • 8. Diagnosis and Treatment of Insomnia
  • 9. Insomnia in the Aged
  • 10. Does a Chronobiologic Defect Exist in Narcolepsy?
  • 11. A 10–40 Year Follow-Up Study of Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias
  • 12. Twin Studies on Parasomnias
  • 13. REM Sleep Motor Dysfunction in Neurological Diseases
  • 14. Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in the Aged
  • 15. Sleep Deprivation