Oxford Textbook of Sleep Disorders

There has been a rapid global increase in the number of individuals making sleep medicine their career, resulting in an explosive growth in the number of sleep centres and programmes, as well as an increasing number of sleep societies and journals. Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology series, the Oxford Textbook of Sleep Disorders covers the rapid advances in scientific, technical, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of sleep medicine which have captivated sleep scientists and clinicians. This text aims to introduce sleep disorders within the context of classical neurological diseases, giving an in-depth coverage of the topic in a logical and orderly way, while emphasizing the practical aspects in a succinct and lucid manner.

Divided into 12 sections, this book begins by discussing the basic science (Section 1), before moving onto the laboratory evaluation (Section 2) and the clinical science (Section 3). The remainder of the book focuses on specific sleep disorders (Sections 4-12), from insomnias and parasomnias to sleep neurology and sleep and psychiatric disorders. Chapters are supplemented by tables, case reports, and illustrations intended to succinctly provide relevant information in a practical manner for diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, while always emphasizing clinical-behavioural-laboratory correlations.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Basic science
1: Introduction to basic science, James T. McKenna and Robert W. McCarley
2: An overview of sleep medicine: History, definition, sleep patterns and architecture, Sudhansu Chokroverty and Sushanth Bhat
3: Neurobiology of REM sleep, Pierre-Hervé Luppi, Olivier Clément, Christelle Peyron, and Patrice Fort
4: Neuro-anatomical, -chemical and -physiological bases of waking and sleeping, Barbara E. Jones
5: The genetics of sleep, Alexandra Sousek and Mehdi Tafti
6: Physiological changes in sleep, Sudhansu Chokroverty and Sushanth Bhat
Section 2: Laboratory evaluation
7: Polysomnography: Technique and indications, Nic Butkow
8: Scoring of sleep stages, breathing, and arousals, Marco De Los Santos and Max Hirshkowitz
9: Other sleep laboratory procedures (MSLT, MWT, Actigraphy), Fabio Pizza and Carlo Cipolli
10: Scoring guidelines (Sleep-related movements), Michela Figorilli, Monica Puligheddu, and Raffaele Ferri
11: Neuroimaging in normal sleep and sleep disorders, Pierre Maquet and Julien Fanielle
Section 3: Clinical science: General introduction
12: Clinical sleep medicine: an introduction, Jennifer-Ann Liebenthal and Christian Guilleminault
13: Classification of sleep disorders, Michael Thorpy
Section 4: Hypersomnias
14: Narcolepsy with cataplexy, Gert Jan Lammers
15: Idiopathic hypersomnia, Kleine-Levin syndrome and symptomatic hypersomnias, Michel Billiard and Yves Dauvilliers
16: Obstructive sleep apnea and upper airway resistance syndrome, Cristina Embid and Josep M. Montserrat
17: Positive airway pressure therapy, Dirk Pevernagie
18: Central sleep apnea and hypoventilation syndromes, Mithri R. Junna, Bernardo J. Selim, and Timothy I. Morgenthaler
Section 5: Insomnias
19: Insomnias: Classification, evaluation and pathophysiology, Simon D. Kyle and Colin A. Espie
20: Pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments of insomnia, Elisabeth Hertenstein, Christoph Nissen, and Dieter Riemann
Section 6: Circadian rhythm disorders
21: Shift work sleep disorder and jet lag, Vivek Pillai and Christopher L. Drake
22: Advanced, delayed, free-running and irregular sleep-wake rhythm disorders, Guy Warman and Josephine Arendt
Section 7: Sleep neurology
23: Sleep related movement disorders, Alessandro Gradassi and Federica Provini
24: Restless legs syndrome, Luigi Ferini-Strambi and Sara Marelli
25: An overview of sleep dysfunction in Parkinson's disease, Elisaveta Sokolov and K. Ray Chaudhuri
26: Sleep disorders in neurodegenerative diseases other than Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy, Raffaele Manni and Michele Terzaghi
27: Sleep and stroke, Mark Eric Dyken, Kyoung Bin Im, George B. Richerson, and Deborah C. Lin-Dyken
28: Sleep and epilepsy, Lino Nobili, Paola Proserpio, Steve Gibbs, and Giuseppe Plazzi
29: Autonomic dysfunction and sleep disorders, Giovanna Calandra-Buonaura and Pietro Cortelli
30: Neuromuscular disorders and sleep, Katerina Sajgalikova, Erik K. St. Louis, and Peter Gay
31: Sleep in other neurological disorders - Headache, Pradeep Sahota and Niranjan N. Singh
32: Sleep after traumatic brain injury, Christian R. Baumann
33: Sleep disorders in multiple sclerosis, Luigi Ferini-Strambi and Sara Marelli
34: Sleep and dreams: A clinical neurological perspective, Mark Solms
35: Neurological diseases and their effects on the sleep-wake cycle, Paul J. Reading
36: Clinical and neurophysiological aspects of fatigue, Sushanth Bhat and Sudhansu Chokroverty
37: Role of positive pressure therapy on sleep-disordered breathing and cognition in the elderly, Molly E. Zimmerman and Mark S. Aloia
Section 8: Parasomnias
38: REM sleep behaviour disorder, Ronald B. Postuma
39: Non-REM and other parasomnias, Caterina Ferri, Maria Turchese Caletti, and Federica Provini
Section 9: Sleep and medical disorders
40: Sleep and heart, Winfried J. Randerath and Shahrokh Javaheri
41: Pulmonary disorders and sleep, Sandrine H. Launois and Patrick Lévy
42: Gastrointestinal functioning during sleep, William C. Orr
43: Sleep in chronic renal insufficiency, Giorgos K. Sakkas and Christoforos D. Giannaki
44: Sleep in endocrine disorders, Axel Steiger
45: Sleep in other medical disorders, Gerald Weinhouse
46: Sleep and pain: Interactions and syndromes, Gilles J. Lavigne, Samar Khoury, Caroline Arbour, and Nadia Gosselin
Section 10: Sleep and psychiatric disorders
47: Depression and anxiety disorders, Susan Mackie and John W. Winkelman
48: Sleep in other psychiatric disorders, Sara Dallaspezia and Francesco Benedetti
Section 11: Sleep in children, older adults and women
49: Childhood sleep-wake disorders, Suresh Kotagal and Julie M. Baughn
50: Sleep in older adults, Rosalia Silvestri
51: Sleep and its disorders in women, Milena Pavlova
Section 12: Miscellaneous sleep-related topics
52: Violent parasomnias and sleep forensics, Michel A. Cramer Bornemann and Mark R. Pressman
53: Morbidity, mortality, societal impact and accident in sleep disorders, Sergio Garbarino
54: Sleep in high altitude and space travel, Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner and Konrad E. Bloch

Sudhansu Chokroverty, Professor and Director of Sleep Research, Co-Chair Emeritus of Neurology, JFK Neuroscience Institute, Edison ,NJ, USA; Professor of Neuroscience, Seton Hall University, South Orange ,NJ, USA; Clinical Professor of Neurology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, and Luigi Ferini-Strambi, Professor of Neurology, Sleep Disorders Center, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Sudhansu Chokroverty is Professor and Director of Sleep Research at the JFK Neuroscience Institute, Edison, NJ, USA; Professor of Neuroscience at Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, USA; and Clinical Professor of Neurology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. His research interests include Blink reflex excitability in Restless legs Syndrome and narcolepsy-cataplexy, Neurophysiologic investigation of myoclonus and tremor, Startle reflex study in normals and RLS patients, PLMS actigraphic study correlating with overnight PSG study, Abnormal motor activities during REM sleep, Transient phenomena at sleep onset: A clinical and PSG study, Cyclic alternating pattern in the PSG, sleep apnea and CPAP titration, and Actigraphic study in insomnia.

Luigi Ferini-Strambi is Clinical Group Leader at San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Sleep Disorders Center, Milan, Italy; and Associate Professor of Psychology at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy. His research interests in the field of sleep disorders include insomnia, hypersomnia, movement disorders, and sleep-related behaviour.