Narcolepsy A Clinical Guide /
This interdisciplinary volume brings together many of the world<U+0019>s leading clinicians and researchers to discuss current and anticipated developments in the understanding of narcolepsy. The volume is broadly divided into four main sections: Section I: Etiology; Section II: Clinical Consi...
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New York, NY :
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2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Narcolepsy: Genetic predisposition and pathophysiology
- Animal models of narcolepsy: Developments, findings, and perspectives
- Neuroimaging of narcolepsy
- Epidemiology of narcolepsy
- Narcolepsy in Childhood
- Narcolepsy in the Older Adult
- Diurnal and nocturnal sleep in narcolepsy with cataplexy
- Hypnagogic Hallucinations and Sleep Paralysis
- REM sleep behaviour disorder in narcolepsy with cataplexy
- Narcolepsy and other comorbid medical illnesses
- Humor processing in human narcolepsy with cataplexy
- Dreams in patients with narcolepsy
- Psychoanalysis and narcolepsy
- Symptomatic narcolepsy or hypersomnia, with and without hypocretin (orexin) deficiency
- Hypersomnias other than narcolepsy: Differential diagnosis
- Psychosocial impact of narcolepsy in children and adolescents
- Quality of life and psychosocial issues in narcolepsy
- Narcolepsy, Intimacy and Sexuality
- Narcolepsy, driving and traffic safety
- Memory and Cognition in Narcolepsy
- Medico-legal aspects of disability in narcolepsy
- Narcolepsy and mental health
- Overview of management of narcolepsy
- Modes of action of drugs related to narcolepsy: Pharmacology of wake-promoting compounds and anticataplectics
- Modafinil/ Armodafinil in the Treatment of Narcolepsy
- Sodium oxybate in the treatment of narcolepsy
- Emerging treatments for narcolepsy
- Non-pharmacologic Treatments of Narcolepsy.