The Emergence of Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Fig. 54.1 Number of publications in PubMed with search word “sleep” limited to humans and all children (0–18 years) Over the past 30 years, there has also been an increasing…
Epilepsy and Sleep
Fig. 35.1 Shortly after falling asleep, spikes-and-wave paroxysm are starting in a patient with CSWS. CSWS continuous spike-waves during slow sleep Fig. 35.2 Secondary bilateral synchrony in a patient with…
Fatal Familial Insomnia and Agrypnia Excitata: Insights into Human Prion Disease Genetics and the Anatomo-Physiology of Wake and Sleep Behaviours
Fig. 34.1 Oneiric stupor. Sequential frames recorded from top to bottom in patients with fatal familial insomnia ( FFI), Morvan syndrome ( MS) and delirium tremens ( DT) showing similar…
The Evolution of Sleep Medicine in the Nineteenth and the Early Twentieth Century
Year Event 1862 Ernst Kohlschütter performs laboratory-based measurements of reactivity to stimuli during sleep (depth of sleep curve) 1865 Alfred Maury. Le sommeil et les rèves 1867 Hervey de Saint-Denis….
Movement Disorders in Sleep
A. Failure of motor control at NREM sleep onset 1. Physiological a. Physiological body movements and postural shifts b. Physiological hypnic myoclonus c. Hypnic jerks d. Hypnagogic foot tremor e….
Kleine–Levin Syndrome
Figs. 28.1 a. Kumbhakarna asleep. b. The awakening of Kumbhakarna : the demons try to rouse the giant by hitting him with weapons and clubs and shouting in his ear….
Nonrestorative Sleep, Musculoskeletal Pain, Fatigue in Rheumatic Disorders, and Allied Syndromes: A Historical Perspective
Health specialists Symptom interest, no pathology Diagnosis Rheumatologists Pain, mobility, fatigue Fibromyalgia Physiatrists Pain, mobility, fatigue Regional pain Orthopedists Pain, mobility, fatigue Chronic pain syndrome Chiropractors Pain, mobility, fatigue Faulty…
History of Restless Legs Syndrome, Recently Named Willis–Ekbom Disease
IRLSSG Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for RLS (2012) Restless legs syndrome (RLS), a neurological sensorimotor disease often profoundly disturbing sleep and quality of life, has variable expression influenced by genetic, environmental,…
Evolution of Sleep Medicine in Japan
Fig. 16.1 The research field of sleep later expanded to include biological rhythms. The membership grew rapidly in the past 10 years, and the numbers reached more than 3000 in…
Modafinil: Development and Use of the Compound
© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2015Sudhansu Chokroverty and Michel Billiard (eds.)Sleep Medicine10.1007/978-1-4939-2089-1_61 61. Modafinil: Development and Use of the Compound Michel Billiard1 and Serge Lubin2 (1) Department of Neurology, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, 80, Avenue Augustin Fliche,…
