Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives

Brian A. Sharpless; Karl Doghramji

Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives

Brian A. Sharpless and Karl Doghramji

Abstract

Sleep and Movement Disorders documents the significant progress made in the last decade regarding our understanding of motor control in sleep and the relationship between sleep and movement disorders. Divided into four major sections it covers sleep-related movements and the importance of recognizing sleep-related movement disorders for diagnosis, differential diagnosis and treatment. Additionally, it covers new sleep-related disorders that have been classified and diagnosed, including catathrenia, alternating leg muscle activation (ALMA), propriospinal myoclonus (PSM) at sleep onset, faciomandibular myoclonus at sleep onset, etc. Further understanding of the pathophysiology of RLS-PLMS is addressed, as is the neurobiology of REM Behavior Disorder (RBD), predictors of neurodegenerative diseases.

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Jun 2015

Print ISBN-13:: 9780199313808

Published online:: Jul 2015

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780199313808.001.0001

Authors

Brian A. Sharpless, author Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director, Psychology Clinic, Washington State University

Karl Doghramji, author Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Medicine, Medical Director, Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center, Programme Director, Fellowship in Sleep Medicine, Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philidelphia, PA

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Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives

Brian A. Sharpless and Karl Doghramji

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