Evaluation and Management of RLS and PLMD

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Fig. 40.1 Polysomnographic (PSG) recording showing periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) characterized by dystonic and dystonic–myoclonic electromyographic (EMG) bursts in left (LT) and right (RT) tibialis (TIBIA) and gastrocnemius (GAST)…

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Neuroimaging in Normal and Abnormal Sleep

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Fig. 21.1 Cerebral glucose metabolism (CGM) and regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) during deep NREM sleep (first column), REM sleep (second column), and wakefulness (third column). Row a CGM quantified in…

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Dreaming in Neurological Disorders

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Fig. 45.1 Combined facsimile of scans in nine cases with global cessation of dreaming caused by deep frontal lesions, illustrating the strong involvement of the white matter surrounding the frontal horns…

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Sleep Disturbances in General Medical Disorders

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Congestive heart failure • Ischemic heart disease • Nocturnal angina • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease • Bronchial asthma, including nocturnal asthma • Peptic ulcer disease • Reflux esophagitis • Rheumatic…

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Basic Circadian Timing and Sleep-Wake Regulation

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Fig. 6.1 Efferent neural projections from the SCN to different brains regions and their involvement in the regulation of physiological functions. ARC arcuate nucleus; BNST bed nucleus of the stria terminalis;…

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Nature, Evaluation, and Treatment of Insomnia

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∙ The predominant complaint is a dissatisfaction with sleep quality or duration, associated with one or more of the following symptoms: 1. Difficulty initiating sleep 2. Difficulty maintaining sleep, characterized…

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Sleep, Coma, Vegetative and Minimally Conscious States

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Fig. 43.1 The two main components of consciousness: wakefulness and awareness. In most pathological and physiological states, the two components are linearly correlated along the spectrum of consciousness. In some cases,…

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Sleep in Extreme Environment

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Fig. 58.1 Effects of microgravity on fluid redistribution of upper trunk and face in the first few days in space (From the Internet domain of nasa.gov website)   2. Low back…

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