Sleep Disorders after Traumatic Brain Injury: Milestones in Perspective


400 BC

Hippocrates [20]

First mention of sleep and TBI in Aphorisms

165 AD

Galen [21]

Excessive sleepiness in head injury

1880

Gelineau [30]

Introduction of term narcolepsie

1896

Osler [22]

Insomnia after TBI in “railway brain”

1915

Henneberg [31]

Introduction of term Kataplexie

1915

Redlich [25]

Narkolepsie associated with TBI

1918

Lhermitte [28]

Narcolepsie after cerebral concussion

1918

Souques [29]

Term “Posttraumatic narcolepsy”

1929

Haenel [33]

Posttraumatic narcolepsy with cataplexy

1941

Gill [35]

Narcolepsy after mild TBI

1930

Pollock [36]

Sleep attacks which are refreshing

1951

Humphrey and Zangwell [40]

Cessation of dreaming after TBI

1959

Bonduelle at al [38]

Posttraumatic hypnogogic hallucinations

1964

Barbano and Bossi [41]

Circadian rhythm disorders after TBI

1966

Meurice [42]

First detailed polysomnography in TBI; no subjective–objective correlation

1970

Lenard and Penningtorff [44]

Polysomnography of pediatric TBI

1972

Amico et al. [39]

Sleep-disordered breathing with TBI

1979

Alexandre et al. [45]

Correlation between sleep and cognitive function after TBI

1982

Parsons and VerBeek [55]

Increased sleep complaints after TBI

1983

Guilleminault et al. [60]

Retrospective review of EDS after TBI; freq OSA

1989

Good et al. [46]

Post-TBI narcolepsy with SOREMPs and HLA DR2

1992

Cohen et al. [56]

Increased insomnia in inpatient TBI, EDS in outpatient TBI: temporal changes in complaints

1996

Francisco and Ivanhoe [49]

Satisfactory treatment of posttraumatic narcolepsy with methylphenidate

1997

Nagtegaal et al.

DSPS after TBI, treated with melatonin

1990

American Academy of Sleep Medicine [109]

Definition of posttraumatic hypersomnia with NPSG and MSLT criteria

2000

Guilleminault et al. [72]

“Pseudohypersomnia” after TBI

2001

Castriotta and Lai [81]

Prospective study of EDS in TBI using term PTH by ICSD 1 criteria; predominance of SDB

2005

Baumann et al. [78]

Reduced CSF hypocretin in TBI

2007

Ayalon et al. [101]

Circadian rhythm disorders Dx’d by actigraphy in 36 % of TBI with insomnia complaint

2007

Baumann et al. [85]

EDS by MSLT in 25 % of TBI subjects

2007

Castriotta et al. [43]

Sleep disorders in 46 % of TBI subjects; EDS by MSLT in 25 %

2007

Verma et al. [84]

HLA-DQB1*0602 in posttraumatic narcolepsy; REM without atonia in 13 % with sleep problems

2009

Baumann [79]

Loss of hypocretin neurons in TBI

2012

Mathias and Alvaro[87]

First meta-analysis of sleep in TBI

2013

Billiard and Podesta [107]

Recurrent hypersomnia after TBI


TBI traumatic brain injury, SOREMP Sleep-onset REM (rapid eye movement) sleep period, EDS Excessive daytime sleepiness, OSA Obstructive sleep apnea, HLA DR2, DSPS delayed sleep phase syndrome, NPSG nocturnal polysomnography, MSLT multiple sleep latency test, SDB sleep-disordered breathing, CSF cerebrospinal fluid, REM rapid eye movement, ICSD 1 International classification of sleep disorders, 1st edition





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