Sleep and Sleep Disorders

Section I:. Basic Pharmacology

1. GABAA Receptor Subtypes in Sedation and Hypnosis
Esa R. Korpi

2. Sleep Hippocampal Theta Rhythm and Sensory Processing
Marisa Pedemonte, Ricardo A. Velluti

3. Monoaminergic Mechanisms in the Regulation of Sleep-Wakefulness
Vijay Ramesh, Velayudhan Mohan Kumar

4. REM Sleep Function and Brain Monoamine Regulation
Vadim S. Rotenberg

5. Role of Wakefulness Area in the Brainstem Reticular Formation in Regulating Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
Birendra N. Mallick, Satvinder Kaur, Stephen Thankachan, Dinesh Pal

6. The Mechanistic Relationship between NREM Sleep and Anesthesia
Laura E. Nelson, Nicholas P. Franks, Mervyn Maze

Section II:. Chronopharmacology

7. Time-Dependent Psychotropic Drug Effects
Haruo Nagayama, Germaine Cornélissen, S. R. Pandi-Perumal, Franz Halberg

8. Melatonin Interaction with BZ-GabaA Receptors
Lennard P. Niles

9. Melatonin
Dieter Kunz, Richard Mahlberg

10. Melatonin and Human Sleep
Irina V. Zhdanova

11. Melatonin Efficacy to Treat Circadian Alterations of Sleep in Alzheimer’s Disease
Daniel P. Cardinali, Analía M. Furio, Luis I. Brusco, Cynthia Liberczuk

12. Pharmacotherapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder
Timo Partonen

13. Use and Discontinuation of Hypnosedative Medications
Mirko Petrovic

Section III:. Clinical Pharmacology

14. Long-Term Use of Sleeping Pills in Chronic Insomnia
Milton Kramer

15. Risks of Chronic Hypnotic Use
Daniel F. Kripke

16. Effects of Psychotropics on Driving Performance
Henry J. Moller, Colin M. Shapiro, Leonid Kayumov

17. Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Treatment of Hypersomnias
Sebastiaan Overeem, Michel Billiard

18. Chronic Disease and Sleep Architecture
James J. Herdegen

19. Benzodiazepines for Sedation in Infants and Children
Eugene Ng, Vibhuti Shah

20. The Pharmacological Management of Fatigue and Sleepiness in Affective Disorders
Karl Doghramji

21. Next-Day Residual Effects of Sleeping Medications on Driving Ability
Joris C. Verster, Marinus N. Verbaten, Edmund R. Volkerts

22. Sleep and Pain
Wilfred R. Pigeon, Hyung Park, Michael J. Sateia

23. Head Injuries and Sleep
Chanth Seyone, Babita Kara

24. Psychopharmacological Management of Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep
Raed Hawa, Leonid Kayumov, Alan Lowe, Colin M. Shapiro

25. A Comparison of Visual Analog Scale and Categorical Ratings in Assessing the Patient’s Estimate of Sleep Quality
Nava Zisapel, Ricardo Tarrasch, Moshe Laudon

26. The Pharmacostrategy of Treating Sleep Disorders in Parkinsonism
Jean-Jacques Askenasy

27. The Neuropharmacology of Nightmares
J. F. Pagel

28. The Night Eating Syndrome
Grethe Støa Birketvedt, Jon R. Florholmen

29. Drug Effects on Dreaming
Mehmet Yucel Agargun, Hanefi Ozbek

30. Sleep Problems in Primary Care
Alan G. Wade

31. SSRIs and Sleep in Man
Sue J. Wilson, David J. Nutt

32. Sleep and Antipsychotic Drugs in Schizophrenia Patients
Jaime M. Monti, Daniel Monti

33. Sleep and Epilepsy
António Martins Silva, Melissa Mendez, Chun Bai, S. R. Pandi-Perumal

34. Herbal Medicines and Sleep
Marcello Spinella

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Neurosciences, Neuropsychology, Neurobiology, Medicine/Public Health, general