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Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine Meir H. Kryger

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine By Meir H. Kryger

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine by Meir H. Kryger

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This text reviews the basic sciences related to sleep, followed by a review of sleep pathology in adults. It covers the major topics of sleep apnoea: narcolepsy, movement disorders, psychiatric disorders, and the broad field of insomnia. It also reviews methodology used in the sleep laboratory.

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Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine by Meir H. Kryger

Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 3/e has been thoroughly revised with 45 entirely new chapters on the knowledge base of sleep medicine. The first half of the book reviews the basic sciences related to sleep, followed by a thorough review of sleep pathology in adults. This book covers the major topics of sleep apnea: narcolepsy, movement disorders, psychiatric disorders, and the broad field of insomnia. The book also reviews methodology used in the sleep laboratory. New nomenclature has been used throughout.

Table of Contents

1. Normal Sleep and Its Variations History Of Sleep Physiology And Medicine Normal Human Sleep: An Overview Normal Ageing Daytime Sleepiness And Alertness Sleep Deprivation Phylogeny Of Sleep Regulation Mammalian Sleep 2. Sleep Mechanisms Brain Electrical Activity And Sensory Processing During Waking And Sleep States Brainstem Mechanisms Generating REM Sleep Basic Mechanisms Of Sleep-Wake States Control Of Motoneurons During Sleep 3. Physiology in Sleep Physiological Regulation in Sleep Cardiovascular Physiology: Central and Autonomic Regulation Cardiovascular Physiology: The Peripheral Circulation Respiratory Physiology: Central Neural Control Respiratory Physiology: Control of Ventilation Respiratory Physiology: Breathing in Normal Subjects Respiratory Physiology: Sleep at High Altitudes Host Defense Endocrine Physiology Gastrointestinal Physiology Temperature Regulation **Sleep-related Penile Erections 4. Chronobiology Introduction: Chronobiology Circadian Rhythms in Mammals: Formal Properties and Environmental Influences Anatomy and Physiology of the Mammalian Circadian System Molecular Genetic Basis for Mammalian Circadian System The Human Circadian Timing System and Sleep-Wake Regulation **Sleep Homeostasis and Models of Sleep Regulation Circadian Rhythms in Fatigue, Alertness and Performance Melatonin in the Regulations of Sleep & Circadian Rhythms 5. Pharmacology Hypnotics: Basic Mechanisms and Pharmacology Hypnotics: Efficacy and Adverse Effects Stimulants: Basic Mechanisms and Pharmacology Stimulants: Efficacy and Adverse Effects Drugs Which Disturb Sleep and Wakefulness 6. Psychobiology and Dreaming Approaches to the Study of Dream Content: Methods Measures

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CIN0721676707G
9780721676708
0721676707
Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine by Meir H. Kryger
Meir H. Kryger
Used - Good
Paperback
Elsevier Health Sciences
20000523
1336
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