Chapter 43 Clinical Pharmacology of Other Drugs Used as Hypnotics Daniel J. Buysse Supported by NIH grants MH024652, AG015138, AG020677. Abstract Various drugs other than benzodiazepine receptor agonists are used…
Chapter 49 Ultradian, Circadian, and Sleep-Dependent Features of Dreaming Tore Nielsen Abstract Dreaming is influenced by many of the same types of chronobiologic and sleep-dependent factors that regulate other sleep…
Chapter 149 Light Therapy Michael Terman, Jiuan Su Terman Abstract The susceptibility of the circadian system to selective phase shifting by timed light exposure has broad implications for the treatment…
Chapter 72 Sleep Problems in First Responders and the Military Bryan Vila, Charles Samuels Abstract Fatigue is one of the most common health and safety hazards faced by police officers,…
Chapter 30 Sensory and Motor Processing during Sleep and Wakefulness John H. Peever, Barry J. Sessle Abstract The loss of consciousness upon entrance into sleep is accompanied by a reduction…
Chapter 32 Circadian Rhythms in Mammals Formal Properties and Environmental Influences Ralph E. Mistlberger, Benjamin Rusak Abstract Circadian rhythms are approximately 24-hour cycles of behavior and physiology that are generated…
Chapter 81 Pharmacologic Treatment of Insomnia Benzodiazepine Receptor Agonists James K. Walsh, Thomas Roth Abstract Considerable evidence indicates that the benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BzRAs) are efficacious in the treatment of…
Chapter 94 Non-REM Arousal Parasomnias Mark W. Mahowald, Michel A. Cramer Bornemann Abstract Parasomnias are defined as unpleasant or undesirable behavioral or experiential phenomena that occur predominantly or exclusively during…
Chapter 38 Circadian Rhythms in Sleepiness, Alertness, and Performance Namni Goel, Hans P.A. Van Dongen, David F. Dinges Abstract The biological clock in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the anterior…
Chapter 142 Monitoring Techniques for Evaluating Suspected Sleep-Disordered Breathing Max Hirshkowitz, Meir H. Kryger Abstract Assessment of sleep-disordered breathing represents the most common application of laboratory and home sleep studies….
