Sleep Disorders in Neurology (eBook)

Sebastiaan Overeem, MD, PhD is on staff at the Centre for Sleep Medicine "Kempenhaeghe", Heeze and Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Paul Reading, MA, MB B Chir., PhD, FRCP is Consultant Neurologist in the Department of Neurology, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, UK and recent President of the British Sleep Society.

List of Contributors vii

Preface xi

Part One General Sleep Medicine 1

1 The Sleep History 3
Paul Reading and Sebastiaan Overeem,

2 Polysomnography 13
Pieter Jan Simons and Sebastiaan Overeem,

3 Daytime Tests for Sleepiness and Vigilance 31
Gert Jan Lammers, Mojca van Schie and J. Gert van Dijk

4 Diagnostic Strategies and Classification 47
Geert Mayer and Dirk Pevernagie

5 Pharmacological Treatment of Insomnia and Parasomnias 61
Paul Reading and Sue J. Wilson

6 Pharmacological Treatment of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness 73
Karel Sonka

7 The Effects of Medication on Sleep and Wakefulness 83
Gé S.F. Ruigt and Joop van Gerven

Part Two Primary Sleep Disorders 127

8 Narcolepsy and Other Central Disorders of Hypersomnolence 129
Sebastiaan Overeem, and Paul Reading

9 Insomnia 143
Ingrid Verbeek and Angelique Pijpers

10 Sleep?]related Breathing Disorders 155
Timothy G. Quinnell

11 Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders 169
Kirstie N. Anderson

12 Parasomnias and Their Differentiation from Epilepsy 183
Chris Derry

13 Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder 193
Thomas C. Wetter and Christine Norra

Part Three Sleep in Neurological Disorders 209

14 Sleep Disorders in Parkinson's Disease and Other Parkinsonian Syndromes 211
Isabelle Arnulf, Valérie Cochen De Cock, Paul Reading and Marie Vidailhet

15 Sleep in Dementia and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases 229
Alex Iranzo

16 Myotonic Dystrophy 241
Bart Willem Smits and José Enrique Martínez?]Rodríguez

17 Sleep Disorders in Neuromuscular Disease 251
Sushanth Bhat and Johan Verbraecken

18 Headache Disorders 265
Jeanetta C. Rains and J. Steven Poceta

19 Sleep Epilepsies 277
Luigi Ferini?]Strambi

20 Sleep-Wake Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury 291
Christian R. Baumann

21 Sleep Disorders Associated with Ischaemic Stroke 301
Dirk M. Hermann, Markus H. Schmidt and Claudio L. Bassetti

22 Sleep Disorders in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Conditions 319
Jeroen J.J. van Eijk, Thom P.J. Timmerhuis, Brigit A. de Jong and Paul Reading

23 Tumours and Paraneoplastic Syndromes 327
Alex Iranzo

Index