Sleep Disorders: Part II

The second part of a two-part work in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series on sleep disorders Edited by P. Montagna, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy and Sudhansu Chokroverty, MD, FRCP, FACP, Professor of Neurology, New York Medical College, Valhalla; Clinical Professor of Neurology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ; Associate Chairman of Neurology, Chairman of Neurophysiology, and Director, Center of Sleep Medicine, Saint Vincents Hospital and Medical Center, NY Table of Contents: SECTION 5: Classification of sleep disorders Classification of sleep disorders. SECTION 6: Genetics of sleep disorders Genetics of sleep disorders. SECTION 7: Insomnia Neurological perspectives in insomnia and hyperarousal syndromes. Insomnia: nature, diagnosis and treatment. Pharmacotherapy for insomnia. SECTION 8: Hypersomnia Hypothalamus, hypocretins/orexin and vigilance control. Narcolepsy and catalepsy. Recurrent hypersomnias. Excessive daytime sleepiness. SECTION 9 Abnormal movements in sleep Motor control in sleep. NREM parasomnias. REM sleep parasomnias. Isolated motor phenomena and symptoms of sleep. Sleep bruxism. Restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movements in sleep. SECTION 10: Circadian rhythm sleep disorders Molecular neurobiology of circadian rhythms. Circadian rhythm sleep disorders. SECTION 11: Sleep and neurological disorders Fatal familial insomnia and the role of the thalamus in sleep regulation. Sleep disorders in Parkinson’s disease. Sleep disorders in neurodegenerative diseases other than Parkinson’s disease. Sleep and stroke. Sleep and headache. Sleep and breathing in neuromuscular disorders. Sleep related epilepsy. Sleep disorders in multiple sclerosis. SECTION 12: Sleep and violence Violent parasomnias: forensic implications