Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Fig. 27.1 Prof. Bedrich Roth reading polysomnographic recording. He was born on March 23, 1919, and died on November 4, 1989, a few days before the Czech Velvet revolution Beginning…
The Emergence of Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Fig. 54.1 Number of publications in PubMed with search word “sleep” limited to humans and all children (0–18 years) Over the past 30 years, there has also been an increasing…
Phylogeny in Sleep Medicine
(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…
Epilepsy and Sleep
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…
Fatal Familial Insomnia and Agrypnia Excitata: Insights into Human Prion Disease Genetics and the Anatomo-Physiology of Wake and Sleep Behaviours
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…
The Evolution of Sleep Medicine in the Nineteenth and the Early Twentieth Century
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….
Movement Disorders in Sleep
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….
Kleine–Levin Syndrome
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….
Nonrestorative Sleep, Musculoskeletal Pain, Fatigue in Rheumatic Disorders, and Allied Syndromes: A Historical Perspective
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…
History of Restless Legs Syndrome, Recently Named Willis–Ekbom Disease
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,…
