Chapter 104 Cognition and Performance in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Terri E. Weaver, Charles F.P. George Abstract Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) demonstrate variable degrees of cognitive and…
Chapter 16 Genetics of Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Humans Juliette Faraco, Emmanuel Mignot Abstract Sleep is an evolutionarily old and vital process, and behavioral sleep has been observed in…
Chapter 126 Pain and Sleep Gilles Lavigne, Michael T. Smith, Ronald Denis, Marco Zucconi Abstract Pain is an acute or chronic condition associated with a sensory and emotional experience reported…
Chapter 130 Mood Disorders Michael J. Peterson, Ruth M. Benca Abstract Mood disorders, including major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder, are commonly associated with sleep disturbance, and sleep problems are…
Chapter 132 Medication and Substance Abuse Timothy Roehrs, Thomas Roth Abstract Nearly all of the psychoactive drugs with a known abuse liability have profound effects on sleep and wakefulness. Substance…
Chapter 96 Other Parasomnias Mark W. Mahowald Abstract As mentioned in the preceding two chapters, parasomnias may conveniently be divided into two major categories: Primary parasomnias are those due to…
Chapter 5 Acute Sleep Deprivation Michael H. Bonnet Abstract Sleep deprivation is extremely common in modern society. Sleep loss is accompanied by significant and increasingly apparent alterations in mood, alertness,…
Chapter 122 Heart Failure Shahrokh Javaheri Abstract Heart failure is a common disorder that has a significant economic impact and is associated with excess morbidity and mortality. Because of increased…
Chapter 92 Epilepsy, Sleep, and Sleep Disorders Margaret Shouse, Mark W. Mahowald Abstract Epilepsy is the third most common neurologic disorder after stroke and Alzheimer’s disease in the United States….
Chapter 85 Narcolepsy Diagnosis and Management Christian Guilleminault, Michelle T. Cao Abstract Narcolepsy is a syndrome with a prevalence close to 0.04%. It is a chronic neurologic sleep disorder resulting…
