- Preface to the twelfth edition
- Preface to the eleventh edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Contributors
- Glossary
- Section 1 Introduction
- Chapter 1 A short history of clinical neurology
- Chapter 2 The clinical approach
- Chapter 3 Investigations
- Chapter 4 Psychologically determined disorders
- Chapter 5 Toxic and environmental disorders
- Chapter 6 Principles of neurological rehabilitation
- Section 2 Developmental neurology
- Chapter 7 Clinical approach to developmental neurology
- Chapter 8 Development, degeneration, and regeneration of the central nervous system
- Chapter 9 Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Chapter 10 Neurometabolic disorders
- Chapter 11 Neurocutaneous syndromes
- Section 3 Disorders of special senses
- Chapter 12 Abnormal vision
- Chapter 13 Ocular motor disorders
- Chapter 14 Disorders of hearing
- Chapter 15 Vertigo and imbalance
- Chapter 16 Abnormalities of smell and taste
- Section 4 Pain
- Chapter 17 Neuropathic pain
- Chapter 18 Headache
- Chapter 19 Craniofacial pain
- Section 5 Nerve and muscle disease
- Chapter 20 The lower cranial nerves and dysphagia
- Chapter 21 Polyneuropathy
- Chapter 22 Focal peripheral neuropathy
- Chapter 23 The motor neurone disorders
- Chapter 24 Muscle diseases
- Section 6 Structural disease affecting brain, spinal cord, and nerve roots
- Chapter 25 Head injury
- Chapter 26 Raised intracranial pressure, cerebral oedema, and hydrocephalus
- Chapter 27 Tumours of the brain and skull
- Chapter 28 Spinal cord disorders
- Chapter 29 Cauda equina lesions, radiculopathies, and sphincter disorders
- Section 7 Seizures and alterations of consciousness and thought
- Chapter 30 Seizures and related disorders in children
- Chapter 31 Seizures, epilepsy, and other episodic disorders in adults
- Chapter 32 Sleep disorders
- Chapter 33 Coma
- Chapter 34 Neuropsychological disorders, dementia, and behavioural neurology
- Section 8 Vascular, demyelinating, inflammatory and degenerative disorders of the central nervous system
- Chapter 35 Cerebrovascular diseases
- Chapter 36 Vasculitis and collagen vascular diseases
- Chapter 37 Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases
- Chapter 38 Paraneoplastic disorders and neuroimmunology
- Chapter 39 Tremor, ataxia, and cerebellar disorders
- Chapter 40 Movement disorders
- Section 9 Neurological infection
- Chapter 41 Meningitis
- Chapter 42 Encephalitis and infectious encephalopathies
- Chapter 43 Intracranial space occupying infections and neurological HIV disease
- Index
(p. 937) Sleep disorders
- Chapter:
- (p. 937) Sleep disorders
- Author(s):
Paul Reading
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198569381.003.0736
Despite major advances in our understanding of its neurobiology, sleep remains an enigma. Its true function and even the amount needed for optimum brain performance remain uncertain (Frank 2006). However, the need to sleep is imperative, reflecting the fact that sleepiness, like hunger and thirst, is a true drive state. Sleepiness can only be satiated by sleep itself. Moreover, severely disordered sleep can profoundly affect cognition, mental health, and physical well-being.
Although sleep medicine has a traditionally low profile in neurology teaching and practice, sleep-related phenomena are frequently associated with numerous neurological disorders. Conversely, sleep problems can adversely affect familiar conditions such as headache and epilepsy. Furthermore, in large surveys, sleep-related symptoms are undoubtedly common with 25 per cent of the population reporting problems that significantly and regularly impact on daily activities.
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- Preface to the twelfth edition
- Preface to the eleventh edition
- Preface to the first edition
- Contributors
- Glossary
- Section 1 Introduction
- Chapter 1 A short history of clinical neurology
- Chapter 2 The clinical approach
- Chapter 3 Investigations
- Chapter 4 Psychologically determined disorders
- Chapter 5 Toxic and environmental disorders
- Chapter 6 Principles of neurological rehabilitation
- Section 2 Developmental neurology
- Chapter 7 Clinical approach to developmental neurology
- Chapter 8 Development, degeneration, and regeneration of the central nervous system
- Chapter 9 Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Chapter 10 Neurometabolic disorders
- Chapter 11 Neurocutaneous syndromes
- Section 3 Disorders of special senses
- Chapter 12 Abnormal vision
- Chapter 13 Ocular motor disorders
- Chapter 14 Disorders of hearing
- Chapter 15 Vertigo and imbalance
- Chapter 16 Abnormalities of smell and taste
- Section 4 Pain
- Chapter 17 Neuropathic pain
- Chapter 18 Headache
- Chapter 19 Craniofacial pain
- Section 5 Nerve and muscle disease
- Chapter 20 The lower cranial nerves and dysphagia
- Chapter 21 Polyneuropathy
- Chapter 22 Focal peripheral neuropathy
- Chapter 23 The motor neurone disorders
- Chapter 24 Muscle diseases
- Section 6 Structural disease affecting brain, spinal cord, and nerve roots
- Chapter 25 Head injury
- Chapter 26 Raised intracranial pressure, cerebral oedema, and hydrocephalus
- Chapter 27 Tumours of the brain and skull
- Chapter 28 Spinal cord disorders
- Chapter 29 Cauda equina lesions, radiculopathies, and sphincter disorders
- Section 7 Seizures and alterations of consciousness and thought
- Chapter 30 Seizures and related disorders in children
- Chapter 31 Seizures, epilepsy, and other episodic disorders in adults
- Chapter 32 Sleep disorders
- Chapter 33 Coma
- Chapter 34 Neuropsychological disorders, dementia, and behavioural neurology
- Section 8 Vascular, demyelinating, inflammatory and degenerative disorders of the central nervous system
- Chapter 35 Cerebrovascular diseases
- Chapter 36 Vasculitis and collagen vascular diseases
- Chapter 37 Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases
- Chapter 38 Paraneoplastic disorders and neuroimmunology
- Chapter 39 Tremor, ataxia, and cerebellar disorders
- Chapter 40 Movement disorders
- Section 9 Neurological infection
- Chapter 41 Meningitis
- Chapter 42 Encephalitis and infectious encephalopathies
- Chapter 43 Intracranial space occupying infections and neurological HIV disease
- Index