Chapter 26 Endocrine Physiology in Relation to Sleep and Sleep Disturbances Eve Van Cauter, Esra Tasali Abstract Sleep exerts important modulatory effects on most components of the endocrine system. Pathways…
Chapter 18 What Brain Imaging Reveals about Sleep Generation and Maintenance Eric A. Nofzinger, Pierre Maquet Abstract The development of neuroimaging techniques has made it possible to characterize regional cerebral…
Chapter 80 Psychological and Behavioral Treatments for Insomnia II Implementation and Specific Populations Jack D. Edinger, Melanie K. Means, Colleen E. Carney, Rachel Manber Abstract As evidenced by the preceding…
Chapter 145 Neurologic Monitoring Techniques Beth A. Malow Abstract Patients with nocturnal spells present a unique challenge to the sleep specialist and the sleep laboratory. Although standard polysomnography (PSG) provides…
Chapter 87 Parkinsonism Claudia Trenkwalder, Isabelle Arnulf Abstract Altered sleep and vigilance are among the most frequent nonmotor symptoms in parkinsonism. As many as 60% patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD)…
Chapter 78 Models of Insomnia Michael Perlis, Paul J. Shaw, Georgina Cano, Colin A. Espie Up until the late 1990s there were only two models regarding the etiology and pathophysiology…
Chapter 131 Schizophrenia Kathleen L. Benson, Irwin Feinberg Abstract Schizophrenia is perhaps the most devastating neuropsychiatric illness. Worldwide, its prevalence rate is about 1%. Although its etiology remains unknown, schizophrenia…
Chapter 111 Sleep in Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Neil J. Douglas Abstract Nocturnal cough, wheeze, and breathlessness are problems for many asthma patients, and they result…
