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Sleep medicine : clinical practice [E-Book]

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Series: Sleep - Physiology, Functions, Dreaming and DisordersPublisher: New York : Nova Biomedical, [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781628085235
1628085231

Subject(s):

Sleep disorders

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Contents:

""SLEEP MEDICINE. CLINICAL PRACTICE""; ""SLEEP MEDICINE. CLINICAL PRACTICE""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""References""; ""Part I. Sleep Disorders: New Research and Clinical Evidence""; ""Chapter I: Fundamentals of Human Chronobiology""; ""Abstract""; ""Human Circadian Rhythm""; ""The Circadian Clock""; ""The Ascending Arousal System""; ""The Sleep Regulatory System""; ""Brain Areas and Associated Neurotransmitters Regulating""; ""the Circadian Rhythm""; ""Sleep Architecture""; ""NREM Sleep-Stage �a��N�a�?""

""REM Sleep-Stage �a��R�a�?""""Control of Stage �a��R�a�?""; ""Physiological Changes During Sleep""; ""References""; ""Chapter II: Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome""; ""Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome""; ""Non-24 Hours Sleep-Wake Syndrome""; ""Jet Lag Syndrome""; ""Shift Work Disorder""; ""Irregular Sleep-Wake Pattern""; ""Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder Due to Medical Condition""; ""Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder Due to Drug or Substance""; ""Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder, Not Otherwise Specified""; ""References""

""Chapter III: Insomnia and Hypersomnias""""Abstract""; ""Insomnia""; ""Diagnostic Definition of Insomnia""; ""Incidence and Prevalence of Insomnia""; ""Pathophysiology""; ""Diagnostic Tools for Insomnia""; ""Subtypes of Insomnia""; ""Hypersomnias""; ""Diagnostic Definition of Hypersomnia""; ""Pathophysiology""; ""Diagnostic Tools for Hypersomnia""; ""a) Daytime History and Physical Examination""; ""b) Subjective Assessment Tools""; ""c) Objective Assessment Tools""; ""Subtypes of Hypersomnia""; ""a) Narcolepsy""; ""b) Recurrent Hypersomnia""

""C) Idiopathic Hypersomnia with and without Long Sleep Time""""d) Behaviourally Induced Insufficient Sleep""; ""References""; ""Chapter IV: Parasomnias""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Non-REM Parasomnias""; ""Confusional Arousals""; ""Sleepwalking""; ""Sleep Terrors""; ""Parasomnias Usually Associated with REM Sleep (Stage R)""; ""REM sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD, Including Parasomnia Overlap Disorder and Status Dissociatus)""; ""Recurrent Isolated Sleep Paralysis""; ""Nightmare Disorders""; ""Other Parasomnias""; ""Sleep-Related Dissociative Disorders""; ""Sleep Enuresis""

""Sleep-Related Groaning (Catathrenia)""""Exploding Head Syndrome""; ""Sleep-Related Hallucinations""; ""Sleep-Related Eating Disorder""; ""Unspecified parasomnia, Parasomnia due to Drug or Substance""; ""Parasomnia Due to Medical Condition""; ""Parasomnia-Like Disorders or Behaviors""; ""Differential Diagnosis""; ""References""; ""Chapter V: Sleep-Related Breathing and Movement Disorders""; ""Abstract""; ""Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders""; ""Diagnostic Definition""; ""Incidence and Prevalence""; ""Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndromes""

Summary: The study of phenomena that occur during sleep has always aroused a great interest in various fields of human knowledge, both in religion and in philosophy, as well as in science. Hippocrates and Aristotle conducted different studies and observations on sleep and dreams, focusing on the changes that affect the state of consciousness between the waking and sleeping states. Freud even started from the observations and interpretation of dreams in the foundation of the psychoanalytic method. After the introduction of the electroencephalogram (EEG) by Hans Berger (1929), the beginning of modern sle.

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The study of phenomena that occur during sleep has always aroused a great interest in various fields of human knowledge, both in religion and in philosophy, as well as in science. Hippocrates and Aristotle conducted different studies and observations on sleep and dreams, focusing on the changes that affect the state of consciousness between the waking and sleeping states. Freud even started from the observations and interpretation of dreams in the foundation of the psychoanalytic method. After the introduction of the electroencephalogram (EEG) by Hans Berger (1929), the beginning of modern sle.

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