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Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology Series
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By
Christian Guilleminault, Sleep Disorders Clinic, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Included in series
Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology, 6
Description
This volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology series defines the role of clinical neurophysiology in the study of disorders
of sleep.
It includes the physiology of sleep, and the role of clinical neurophysiology in assessing sleep with common and less
common methods of testing. The epidemiology of sleep disorders and the wide range of neurophysiologic abnormalities associated with them
are described, including disorders associated with other neurologic diseases.
Contents
Section 1 The physiology of sleep. NREM-REM sleep.
Section 2. An overview of polysomnography. Multiple sleep latency test. Maintenance
of wakefulness test. Actigraphy. The Oxford sleep resistance test. The cyclical alternating pattern (CAP) in human sleep. Scalp topography
and cortical generators of the spectral components of the cyclical alternating pattern (CAP). Quantitative analysis of the sleep elctro-encephalogram.
Evoked potentials during non-REM sleep.
Section 3. Epidemiology of sleep disorders. Narcolepsy. The syndromes of excessive daytime
sleepiness. Obstructive sleep apnea. Central sleep apnea. Neuromuscular disorders. Arousal parasomnia. REM behavior disorder. Sleep and
dementia. Nocturnal manifestations of waking movement disorders - focus on Parkinson's Disease. Restless leg and periodic limb movement
in sleep. Sleep and epilepsy. Sleep-related erections. Primary insomnia. Psychiatric insomnia. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders. Sleep
and headache. Sleep and autonomic nervous system dysfunction.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 416 pages, publication date: JUN-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-444-51517-9
ISBN-10: 0-444-51517-8
Imprint: ELSEVIER
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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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