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Neuroscience in the 21st Century

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This chapter describes the major classes of sleep disorders in the adult population. There are medical conditions and an extensive list of medications and substances that may lead to any of the following sleep disorders. Refer to the suggested reading list for details on pediatric sleep disorders; sleep disorders due to medical condition, medication, or substance use; as well as the treatment of sleep disorders.

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Abbreviations

AASM:

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

AHI:

Apnea/hypopnea index

CRSD ASP:

Circadian rhythm sleep disorders, advanced sleep phase type

CRSD DSP:

Circadian rhythm sleep disorders, delayed sleep phase type

CRSD:

Circadian rhythm sleep disorders

CSA:

Central sleep apnea

CSF:

Cerebrospinal fluid

EDS:

Excessive daytime sleepiness

EEG:

Electroencephalography

EMG:

Electromyography

GABA:

Hypothalamic γ-aminobutyric acid

HLA:

Human leukocyte antigen

KLS:

Kleine-Levin syndrome

MSLT:

Mean sleep latency test

NREM:

Nonrapid eye movement

OSA:

Obstructive sleep apnea

PaCO2 :

Arterial carbon dioxide tension

PET:

Positron emission tomography

PLMD:

Periodic limb movement disorder

PLMS:

Periodic limb movement in sleep

PSG:

Polysomnograph

PTSD:

Posttraumatic stress disorder

RBD:

Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder

REM:

Rapid eye movement

RLS:

Restless legs syndrome

SOREMP:

Sleep-onset rapid eye movement period

SWS:

Slow-wave sleep

VLPO:

Ventrolateral preoptic

Further Reading

  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2005) International classification of sleep disorders: diagnostic and coding manual, 2nd edn. American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Westchester

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  • Avidan AY, Zee PC (2006) Handbook of sleep medicine. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia

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  • Carney PR, Berry RB, Geyer JD (eds) (2005) Clinical sleep disorders. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia

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  • Chokroverty S (ed) (2009) Sleep disorders medicine: basic science, technical considerations, and clinical aspects, 3rd edn. Saunders, Philadelphia

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  • Kryger MH, Roth T, Dement WC (eds) (2011) Principles and practice of sleep medicine, 5th edn. Saunders, St. Louis

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  • Thorpy MJ (ed) (2007) Continuum: lifelong learning in neurology, sleep disorders. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia

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  • Thorpy MJ, Billiard M (eds) (2011) Sleepiness: causes, consequences and treatment. Cambridge University Press, New York

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  • Thorpy MJ, Plazzi G (eds) (2010) The parasomnias and other sleep-related movement disorders. Cambridge University Press, New York

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 11 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Dr. Michael Thorpy

  2. Department of Neurology, Montefiore Medical Center, Sleep Wake Disorders Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA

    Dr. Chi George Zhao

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  1. Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

    Donald W. Pfaff

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Thorpy, M., Zhao, C.G. (2013). Sleep Disorders. In: Pfaff, D.W. (eds) Neuroscience in the 21st Century. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1997-6_93

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