Sleep and Epilepsy
Chapter 11 Sleep and Epilepsy Marco Zucconi and Sudhansu Chokroverty Epilepsy is a condition of recurrent unprovoked seizures, whereas a seizure is a paroxysmal event as a result of sudden…
Hypnogram Analysis
Chapter 6 Hypnogram Analysis Robert J. Thomas, Sudhansu Chokroverty and Sushanth Bhat The hypnogram is a compressed graphic summary of an entire sleep study. It allows, on a single page,…
Neuroimaging Techniques
Chapter 13 Neuroimaging Techniques Thien Thanh Dang-Vu, Pierre Maquet and Martin Desseilles Normal sleep has been explored with functional brain imaging techniques to characterize the distribution of brain activity across…
Cardiac Arrhythmias
Chapter 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias Robert J. Thomas, Sudhansu Chokroverty and Sushanth Bhat The polysomnogram (PSG) provides a good opportunity to evaluate cardiac rhythms. Although medically threatening abnormalities are seen less…
Sleep-Related Movements and Scoring Techniques
Chapter 7 Sleep-Related Movements and Scoring Techniques Birgit Högl and Raffaele Ferri Movements during sleep can occur as physiological phenomena or as the manifestations of sleep pathological conditions. In fact,…
Motor Disorders During Sleep
Chapter 10 Motor Disorders During Sleep Sudhansu Chokroverty, Marco Zucconi, Federica Provini and Mauro Manconi Motor control in sleep is as complex as in wakefulness but clearly different. Sleep is…
Basic Circadian Rhythms and Circadian Sleep Disorders
Chapter 5 Basic Circadian Rhythms and Circadian Sleep Disorders Roneil Malkani and Phyllis C. Zee The human sleep-wake cycle is regulated by the circadian system. Although circadian rhythms are endogenously…
2: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated With Cerebral Hypoxemia
Vignette 2 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated With Cerebral Hypoxemia Mark Eric Dyken, George B. Richerson and Christine L. Glenn Video Vignette 2 An increase in the arousal threshold may predispose…
8: Sleep Terrors
Vignette 8 Sleep Terrors Mark Eric Dyken, Deborah C. Lin-Dyken and Jeffrey Boyle Video Vignette 8 A 16-year-old girl presented with recurrent spells from sleep associated with combative behavior, with…
6: Sleepwalking
Vignette 6 Sleepwalking Mark Eric Dyken, Deborah C. Lin-Dyken and Siddharth Bajpai Video Vignette 6 A 22-year-old college student under significant psychosocial stressors reported being completely amnestic for spells of…
