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One of the first such volumes in this field, Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis and Therapeutics explores sleep pharmacology and therapeutics. Leading researchers in the area of experimental and clinical and psychopharmacology critically assess the progress in their specialist fields. The book is suitable as an introduction for clinicians and researchers w

Table of Contents:
1. Classification of Sleep Disorders 2. Sleep Loss and Sleepiness 3. Approach to the patient with sleep complaint 4. Manifestations of hypersomnia 5. Neuropsychology of Sleep 6. Receptor mechanisms in sleep and wakefulness 7. Transient Insomnia: A Behavioral Sleep Medicine Perspective 8. Chronic insomnia 9. Robound with Hypnotic medication 10. Benzodiazepines: An overview 11. Benzodiazepines: Effects on memory functioning 12. Behavioral therapy, sleep hygiene and psychotherapy 13. Sleep factors 14. The Cytoch P450 enzyme systems: Its relevance to the Pharmacology of sleep 15. Pharmacokinetics: Basic Concepts for dosage regimen considerations 16. Chronopharmacology: Principles and applications in sleep medicine 17. Sleep and Geriatric Psychopharmacology18. Antihistamines and sleep 19. First generation hypnotics and sedatives 20. GABA-BZD receptors as target for new hypnotics 21. Benzodiazepines: Effects on sleep 22. Indiplon 23. Serotonergic drugs as sleep medications 24. Prostaglandins and sleep/wake regulation 25. Function of endocannabinoids and related compounds in sleep 26. Sleep Medications: When to Prescribe and Rationale for Use 27. Stimulants: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Prospects 28. Zolpidem: its use in the treatment of sleep disorders 29. Eszopiclone: Efficacy and Safety 30. Zaleplon 31. Z-Drugs: Comparative tolerability 32. Rationale for the development of the Z-drugs 33. Metalonin and other indolamines: their involvement in sleep regulation 34. Ramelteon: a Melatonin receptor agonist 35. The rationale for the development of melatonin receptor ligands 36. Schizophrenia, Sleep and Antipsychotic Drugs 37. Interrelationships Between Sleep, Depression and Antidepressant Drugs 38. Effect of antiepileptic medications on sleep architecutr

About the Author :
S.R. Pandi-Perumal is a Sleep Disorders Specialist at the State University of New York / Downstate Medical Center (SUNY DMC) which is a major provider of medical education, healthcare, and research in the downstate New York region. He is well-recognized sleep researcher both nationally and internationally, and has authored many publications in the field of sleep, dreams, and biological rhythms. He currently holds many professional memberships, including Sleep Research Society, USA and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, USA. His area of research interest includes sleep and biological rhythms. He has edited many books related to sleep and biological rhythms research and also an editorial member (regular) of Journal of Circadian Rhythms. He was featured in New York Times last year.Joris C Verster is a researcher in Human Psychopharmacology at the Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands. Verster was born in Breda, the Netherlands in 1970. He graduated in 1997 with a major in Biopsychology. In 2002, Verster became a doctor in psychology. Verster has conducted several outstanding studies in human pschopharmacology, including the residual effects of Zaleplon and Zolpidem on driving ability, cognition, memory functioning and psychomotor performance, the day following middle-of-the-night administration.Jaime M. Monti is a Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the School of Medicine, University of the Republic, Montevideo, Uruguay. He is the director of the Sleep Research Laboratory at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at the School of Medicine. Prof. Monti received his medical degree from the University of the Republic, and completed a post-doctoral psychopharmacology research training fellowship at the University of Stanford, California, USA. Since 1970, Prof. Monti has published over one hundred and fifty peer reviewed articles and book chapters and twenty invite


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780203091715
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 770
  • Sub Title: Diagnosis and Therapeutics
  • ISBN-10: 020309171X
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 770


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