Sleep and movement disorders

Sleep and Movement Disorders is the second edition of a successful book that was the first of its kind. Since its publication in 2002, significant progress has been made in our understanding of motor control in sleep and the relationship between sleep and movement disorders. All three editors are authorities on the subject and have assembled expert specialists for their chapter authors. The topic is very timely, the latest edition of the International classification of sleep disorders (ICSD-2, 2005) included a separate category of 'Sleep Related Movement Disorders' emphasizing the increasing a.

45 Restless Legs Syndrome (Willis-Ekbom Disease): Diagnosis, Differential Diagnosis (Mimics), and Evaluation.

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; PART ONE: INTRODUCTION; 1 Introduction; PART TWO: BASIC SCIENCE; 2 Non-REM Sleep: For Charging Our Batteries; 3 An Overview of Normal Sleep; 4 Neurobiology of the REM-Non-REM Sleep Cycle; 5 The Control of Motoneurons during Sleep; 6 Circadian Neurobiology; 7 The Normal Motor System: Sleep/Wake States, Circadian Rhythms, and Ontogeny; 8 Genetics of Sleep and Sleep Disorders; PART THREE: LABORATORY EVALUATION OF MOTOR DISTURBANCES DURING SLEEP; 9 An Introduction; 10 Polysomnography.

11 Polysomnography: Scoring of Sleep Stages, Arousals, and Breathing12 Scoring of Sleep-Related Movements: Standard and Advanced Techniques; 13 Cyclic Alternating Pattern in Sleep: Measurement and Clinical Significance; 14 Assessment of Daytime Sleepiness; 15 Ambulatory Activity Monitoring; 16 Clinical Neurophysiology of Movement Disorders; 17 Clinical Neurophysiology of Acoustic Startle; 18 Electroencephalography in Relation to Abnormal Movements during Sleep; 19 Sleep and Movement Disorders: Neuroimaging Aspects; 20 Autonomic Evaluation in Sleep-Related Movement Disorders.

PART FOUR: CLINICAL SCIENCEA: General Introductory Section; 21 An Introd…