Sleep Neurology: A Comprehensive Guide to Basic and Clinical Aspects - Hardcover

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Lourdes M. DelRosso, MD, FAASM

Associate Professor of Pediatrics  

Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine 

University of Washington School of Medicine

Seattle Children's Hospital 

 Seattle, WA

Raffaele Ferri, MD

Oasi Research Institute

Developmental Disabilities and Brain Aging

Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology IC

Troina, Italy

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This practical text provides knowledge of the basic neuroscience of sleep and sleep disorders as they interrelate with various neurologic conditions.

Chapters in the first section cover neural networks involved in normal sleep processes, including dreams and memory. Also discussed are how these neural networks interact in various sleep stages and sleep disorders, such as sleep related movement disorders. The book's second section explores the pathophysiology of sleep disorders in the  spectrum of neurologic conditions in both adults and children.  This includes sleep changes in patients with dementia, seizures, headaches, and stroke, and other common neurologic disorders.

Sleep Neurology fills an important gap in the sleep medicine literature by providing the underpinnings of sleep disorders and will be of great value to students, residents, and clinicians.