The field of sleep medicine is growing rapidly, and the clinical pharmacology of sleep is gaining much attention from sleep physicians. Many new drugs are in the process of being developed and tested for their possible usefulness in the treatment of sleep disorders. The opportunity for further advancement in this field is very promising. This volume covers the clinical and pharmacological treatment of several important sleep disorders such as insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, and periodic limb movement syndrome. It further addresses the use of sleep medications in children, adolescents, and in the elderly. It offers a comprehensive overview of the currently available hypnotic medications and covers aspects of chronopharmacology and its implications for the pharmacology of sleep. It also reviews the basic science of sleep and sleep disorders, and thus the potential development of new pharmacological approaches.
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The field of sleep medicine is growing rapidly, and the clinical pharmacology of sleep is gaining much attention from sleep physicians. Many new drugs are in the process of being developed and tested for their possible usefulness in the treatment of sleep disorders. The opportunity for further advancement in this field is very promising. This volume covers the clinical and pharmacological treatment of several important sleep disorders such as insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, and periodic limb movement syndrome. It further addresses the use of sleep medications in children, adolescents, and in the elderly. It offers a comprehensive overview of the currently available hypnotic medications and covers aspects of chronopharmacology and its implications for the pharmacology of sleep. It also reviews the basic science of sleep and sleep disorders, and thus the potential development of new pharmacological approaches. The book will be useful for physicians, psychopharmacologists, psychiatrists, sleep disorder specialists and other healthcare professionals such as nurses, social workers and graduate medical students.
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sleep disinhibition, pediatric insomnia, sodium oxyhate, pediatric sleep disorders, partial arousal parasomnias, idiopathic restless legs syndrome, chronic primary insomnia, sleep hygiene education, secondary insomnia, sleep laboratory studies, sleep complaints, insomniac patients, primary sleep disorders, nocturnal panic attacks, structive sleep apnea, continuity disturbances, subjective sleep quality, polysomnographic studies, climacteric symptoms, sleep onset latency, multiple sleep latency test, idiopathic insomnia, total sleep time, periodic limb movement disorder, rebound insomnia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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sleep disinhibition, pediatric insomnia, sodium oxyhate, pediatric sleep disorders, partial arousal parasomnias, idiopathic restless legs syndrome, chronic primary insomnia, sleep hygiene education, secondary insomnia, sleep laboratory studies, sleep complaints, insomniac patients, primary sleep disorders, nocturnal panic attacks, structive sleep apnea, continuity disturbances, subjective sleep quality, polysomnographic studies, climacteric symptoms, sleep onset latency, multiple sleep latency test, idiopathic insomnia, total sleep time, periodic limb movement disorder, rebound insomnia Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sleep Med, New York, Clin Psychiatry, Sleep Res, Clinical Pharmacology of Sleep Edited, Psychiatry Res, Arch Gen Psychiatry, Birkhäuser Verlag, Raven Press, Respir Crit Care Med, United States, American Psychiatric Association, Biol Psychiatry, Arch Intern Med, Ann Neural, Brain Res, Switzerland Sleep, Birkhauser Verlag, Clin Neurophvsiol, Pineal Res, Ann Intern Med, Arch Neural, Biel Psychiatry, Med Clin, Abnorm Psvchol New!
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- Sleep Medicine, 1e (Books) by Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr Jr. MD on 6 pages
- Sleep Apnea: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Lung Biology in Health and Disease) by Allan I. Pack on page 38, and page 40
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Principles and Applications by D. M. Kean on page 38
- Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 4th Edition (Principles & Practice of Sleep Medicine) by Meir H. Kryger on page 150
- Pediatric Sleep Medicine by Stephen H. Sheldon on page 150
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