Sleep Medicine

This comprehensive volume provides a balanced and easily readable account of the rise of modern sleep medicine, its history and developmental milestones. Authored by an international group of experts, the remarkable progress and fascinating evolution from rudimentary concepts of the ancient prehistoric and early classical periods to our contemporary knowledge are covered in detail. These examples and their relationship to modern therapies offer neurologists, psychiatrists, respiratory specialists, clinicians, researchers and those interested in sleep medicine an important perspective to the origins of current practice.

Preface           

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

I. Evolution of Sleep Medicine by Historical Periods

2. Sleep in Ancient Egypt

3. Sleep Medicine in the Arab Islamic Civilization

4. Sleep Medicine in Ancient and Traditional India

5. Sleep Medicine in Ancient and Traditional China

6. Sleep in the Biblical Period

7. Sleep in the New Testament

8. The Greco-Roman Period

9. The Aztec, Maya, and Inca Civilizations

II. Sleep Medicine from the Medieval Period to the 19^th Century

10. Sleep Medicine in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

11. Sleep in the 17th and 18th Centuries

III. The Early Evolution of Modern Sleep Medicine

12. The Evolution of Sleep Medicine in the 19th and the Early 20th Century

13. The History of Polysomnography: Tool of Scientific Discovery

IV. Sleep Medicine Societies, Professional Societies, and Journals

14. A History Behind the Development of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Societies

15. Development of Sleep Medicine in Europe

16. Evolution of Sleep Medicine in Japan

17. History of Japanese Clinical Sleep Medicine

18. Sleep Medicine around the World (Beyond North American and European Continents)

V. Sleep Disorders in Historic Diseases

19. Cholera

20. Encephalities Lethargica

21. African Sleeping Sickne

22. Sleep and HIV Disease

VI. Historical Milestones of Individual Sleep Disorders

23. Evolution of the Classification of Sleep Disorders

24. History of Epidemiological Research in Sleep Medicine

25. The Insomnias: Historical Evolution

VII. Neurological Sleep Disorders

26. Narcolepsy – Cataplexy

27. Idiopathic Hypersomnia

28. Kleine-Levin Syndrome

29. Movement Disorders in Sleep

30. History of Restless Legs Syndrome, Recently Named Willis-Ekbom Disease

31. Sleep and Stroke

32. Sleep in Neurodegenerative Diseases

33. Sleep, Cognitive Dysfunction, and Dementia

34. Fatal Familial Insomnia and Agrypnia Excitata: Insights into Human Prion Disease Genetics and the Anatomo-Physiology of Wake and Sleep Behaviours

35. Epilepsy and Sleep

36. Sleep Disorders after Traumatic Brain Injury: Milestones in Perspective

37. Headache Syndromes and Sleep

VIII. Psychiatric and Psychological Sleep Disorders

38. Depression

39. Schizophrenia and Psychosis

40. Bipolar Disorder

IX. Respiratory Diseases

41. A Short History of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

42. Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome: A Short History

44. NREM Arousal Parasomnias

45. REM Sleep Behavior D

46. Chronobiology and Sleep

X. Medical Disorders and Sleep

47. Cardiovascular Disease and Sleep Dysfunction

48. Nonrestorative Sleep, Musculoskeletal Pain, Fatigue in Rheumatic Disorders and Allied Syndromes: A Historical Perspective

49. Sleep and Pain:  Milestones and Advances from Research

50. Endocrine-Metabolic Disorders and Sleep Medicine

51. The Gut and Sleep

52. Impotence and Erectile Problems in Sleep Medicine

53. Women’s Health and Sleep Disorders

XI. Miscellaneous Important Aspects

54. The Emergence of Pediatric Sleep Medicine

55. Sleep Disorders, Cognition, Accidents, and Performance

56. Sleep Deprivation: Societal Impact and Long Term Consequences

57. Sleep Models

XII. Evolution of Treatment and Investigative

58. A History of Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Insomnia

59. The Pharmacological Treatment of Sleep Disorders

60. Psychological Treatment of Insomnia: The Evolution of Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy

61. Modafinil: Development and Use of the Compound

62. Phylogeny in Sleep Medicine

63. Gamma-Hyroxybutyrate (Sodium Oxybate): From the Initial Synthesis to the Treatment of Narcolepsy Cataplexy and Beyond

64. Development and Impact of Brain Imaging Techniques