The Pharmacology of Sleep

The Pharmacology of Sleep edited by Anthony Kales.

The last four decades have witnessed considerable advances in our knowledge of the pharmacology of sleep. Both basic and clinical pharmacology have made major contributions toward our current understanding of the complex mechanisms of sleep and wakefulness. In addition, these advances in our underst...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kales, Anthony (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1995.
Edition:1st ed. 1995.
Series:Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, 116
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Pharmacology.
Cell biology.
Human physiology.
Neurosciences.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Evolution of Concepts of Mechanisms of Sleep
  • 2 Principles of Sleep Regulation: Implications for the Effect of Hypnotics on Sleep
  • 3 Principles of Chronopharmacology and the Sleep-Wake Rhythm
  • 4 Pharmacology of the Catecholaminergic System
  • 5 The Serotoninergic System and Sleep-Wakefulness Regulation
  • 6 Pharmacology of the Histaminergic System
  • 7 Pharmacology of the Cholinergic System
  • 8 Pharmacology of the GABAergic/Benzodiazepine System
  • 9 Pharmacology of the CNS Peptides
  • 10 Hormones and Sleep
  • 11 Pharmacology of the Adenosine System
  • 12 Methodological Issues in Pharmacological Studies of Sleep
  • 13 Hypnotic Drugs
  • 14 Anxiolytic Drugs
  • 15 Stimulant Drugs
  • 16 Neuroleptics, Antihistamines and Antiparkinsonian Drugs: Effects on Sleep
  • 17 Antidepressant and Antimanic Drugs
  • 18 Anticonvulsant Drugs
  • 19 Mechanisms of Benzodiazepine Drug Dependence
  • 20 Sleep Disturbances as Side Effects of Therapeutic Drugs.

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