ABSTRACT

Focusing on the relationship between sleep and brain function and the improved management of sleep in patients with neurologic diseases, Sleep Disorders and Neurologic Diseases, Second Edition offers recommendations for the management of primary sleep disorders, sleep disorders secondary to well-established neurological disorders, and the neurologi

chapter |6 pages

Part I: Introduction

chapter |20 pages

Part II: Infancy and Development

chapter 3|12 pages

Sleep Disorders Associated with Mental Retardation

ByMichael J. Rack

chapter 7|18 pages

Secondary Narcolepsy

ByThomas E. Scammell

chapter 8|8 pages

Hypocretin—Hypothalamic System

ByChristian R. Baumann, Claudio L. Bassetti

chapter 9|14 pages

Idiopathic Hypersomnia and Recurrent Hypersomnia

ByDouglas B. Kirsch, Ronald D. Chervin

chapter |14 pages

Part V: Motor Disorders of Sleep

chapter 11|22 pages

Restless Legs Syndrome

ByRenata Egatz, Belen Cabrero, Diego Garcia-Borreguero

chapter 12|12 pages

Periodic Leg Movements of Sleep

ByDiego Garcia-Borreguero, Oscar Larrosa, Renata Egatz

chapter 13|24 pages

Sleep in Parkinson’s Disease

ByRobert L. Rodnitzky

chapter |26 pages

Part VI: Epilepsy and Parasomnias

chapter 15|8 pages

Somnambulism, Somniloquy, and Sleep Terrors

ByRosalia Silvestri

chapter 16|14 pages

Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder

ByMark W. Mahowald, Carlos H. Schenck

chapter |24 pages

Part VII: Sleep Apneas

chapter 18|14 pages

Sleep Apnea and Stroke

ByAntonio Culebras

chapter |22 pages

Part VIII: Neurodegenerative Disorders

chapter 20|12 pages

Autonomic Dysfunctions in Sleep Disorders

ByPietro Cortelli, Carolina Lombardi

chapter 23|6 pages

Sleep Disorders Associated with Multiple Sclerosis

ByAntonio Culebras

chapter 24|18 pages

Sleep Disorders and Neuromuscular Disorders

ByAntonio Culebras

chapter |16 pages

Part X: Pharmacology