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Sleep

Physiology, Investigations, and Medicine

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  • © 2003

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Editors:
  1. Michel Billiard

    1. Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France

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Table of contents (60 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Physiology of Sleep

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Normal sleep

      • C. Guilleminault, M. L. Kreutzer
      Pages 3-9

    3. Normal sleep in children

      • D. Samson-Dollfus
      Pages 11-30

    4. Neurobiology of the sleep-wake cycle

      • J. Adrien
      Pages 31-43

    5. The major physiological functions during sleep

      • Y. Dauvilliers
      Pages 45-60

    6. Models of human sleep regulation

      • D. G. M. Beersma
      Pages 61-70

    7. Melatonin and sleep-wake rhythm

      • B. Claustrat
      Pages 71-82

    8. Molecular genetics, circadian rhythms and sleep

      • Y. Dauvilliers, M. Tafti, E. Mignot
      Pages 83-111

    9. Mental activities during sleep

      • J. De Koninck
      Pages 113-123

  3. Diagnostic Procedures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Polysomnography

      • A. Besset
      Pages 127-138

    3. Ambulatory systems

      • T. Penzel, J. H. Peter
      Pages 139-149

    4. Guidelines for visual sleep analysis

      • A. Besset
      Pages 151-158

    5. Automatic sleep analysis

      • A. Besset
      Pages 159-167

    6. Assessing sleepiness

      • A. Besset
      Pages 169-184

  4. Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Insomnias

      1. Insomnia: Introduction
        • N. Darchia, I. Gvilia
        Pages 187-190
      2. A decision tree approach to the differential diagnosis of insomnia
        • J. Grenier
        Pages 191-199
      3. Transient and short term insomnia
        • R. Peraita Adrados
        Pages 201-205
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The question about the function ofsleep remains one ofthe major challenges scientists are faced with. Wherein lies the fascination with sleep? I am convinced that it is the necessity for sleep. No one has failed to experience the overpowering urge to fall asleep after a disturbed night's sleep or after sleep was curtailed or deprived, especially when our daily activities impose restrictions on motor activity. The demand ofour body and brain to sleep challenges our understanding ofwhy this is the case, and which are the benefits ofa night ofprofound sleep. Also in animals prolongation of waking consistently increases their attempts to fall asleep. It has been stated that sleep is more necessary to animals than even food! The need for sleep and some insight into the consequences of the preceding daily waking activities on subsequent sleep was wonderfully formulated by Shakespeare in Othello: Not poppy nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups ofthe world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou owed'st yesterday It is interesting that the most powerful single intervention which invariably influences sleep in a positive and predictable manner is the prolongation of waking. The activities which people or animals engage in during the wakefulness episode are secondary in the magnitude oftheir effects on sleep.

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  • Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier, France

    Michel Billiard

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