(1) Sonno Sleep Centers, El Paso, TX, USA   KeywordsPhylogenySleep disordersModel organisms Drosophila melanogaster Genetics and sleepSleep and longevityUnihemispheric sleep The “witchery of sleep” has historically been a topic of…

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…

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…

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….

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….

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….

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…

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,…

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…