Human Sleep Research and Clinical Care

Human Sleep Research and Clinical Care / edited by Wallace Mendelson.

Sleep plays an important role in the history of the neurosciences. On Easter Monday in 1920, Otto Loewi was awakened in the night by a dream in which he conceived of neurotransmitters communicating across the synapse. He quickly made notes, but in the morning he could not understand his scribbles. T...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mendelson, Wallace (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1987.
Edition:1st ed. 1987.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Neurology .
Neurosurgery.
Psychiatry.
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Table of Contents:
  • I Physiology and Pharmacology of Sleep
  • 1 An Introduction to Sleep Studies
  • 2 Pharmacology and Neurotransmitters in Sleep
  • 3 Pharmacological Treatment of Insomnia
  • 4 The Benzodiazepine Receptor and Sleep
  • 5 Neuroendocrinology and Sleep
  • II Pathology of Sleep
  • 6 Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
  • 7 Narcolepsy and Disorders of Excessive Sleepiness
  • 8 Alcohol, Alcoholism, and the Problem of Dependence
  • 9 Affective Disorders
  • 10 Circadian Rhythms and Sleep
  • 11 Nocturnal Myoclonus and the Restless Legs Syndrome
  • 12 Chronic Insomnia.

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