| Description |
xvi, 702 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Parenting kit ; 9 |
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Parenting kit ; 9
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Physiology. 1. Normal sleep / Rosemary Cooper -- 2. Function of sleep / Nilgun Gokcebay, Rosemary Cooper, Robert L. Williams, Max Hirshkowitz and Constance A. Moore -- 3. Ontogeny of sleep / Robert L. Williams, Nilgun Gokcebay, Max Hirshkowitz and Constance A. Moore -- 4. Breathing during sleep in normal subjects / Neil J. Douglas -- 5. Circadian rhythms / Richard E. Kronauer -- 6. The neurochemistry of sleep / Rebecca K. Zoltoski and J. Christian Gillin -- 7. The effect of drugs on sleep / Heather Ashton -- 8. Dreams and dreaming / Morton Schatzman and Peter Fenwick -- 9. Sleep at high altitude / John H. Coote -- Pt. 2. Sleep disorders. 10. The classification of sleep disorders / Rosemary Cooper -- 11. The sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome / Neil J. Douglas -- 12. Investigation of the sleepy patient / Neil J. Douglas -- 13. Breathing during sleep in patients with lung disease / Neil J. Douglas -- 14. Sleep disorders in children / Richard Ferber -- 15. The sudden infant death syndrome / Christian F. Poets, Martin P. Samuels and David P. Southall -- 16. Sleep neuroendocrinology / Preetam Lutchmansingh and Russell E. Poland -- 17. Neurology and sleep disorders / Rosemary Cooper -- 18. Sleep and epilepsy / Colin D. Binnie -- 19. Sleep in other systemic disorders / Keith Prowse -- Pt. 3. Sleep and psychiatric disturbances. 20. The affective disorders / Ruth M. Benca -- 21. Other psychiatric disorders / Ruth M. Benca -- Pt. 4. Social aspects of sleep disturbance. 22. Insomnia : causes, effects and treatment / Helen M. Bearpark -- 23. Sleep and catastrophes / Merrill M. Mitler -- 24. The sleepy driver : guidance for physicians / Rosemary Cooper -- Pt. 5. Technical aspects of sleep assessment. 25. Techniques in sleep recording / Rosemary Cooper and Sue Bradbury -- 26. Nocturnal penile tumescence monitoring / Kanaiyalal Desai |
| Analysis |
Humans Sleep disorders |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Infants -- Sleep.
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Sleep disorders.
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Sleep.
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Sleep Wake Disorders.
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Sleep -- physiology.
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Sleep Wake Disorders.
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Sleep.
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| Author |
Cooper, Rosemary.
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| LC no. |
93003996 |
| ISBN |
0412391503 (acid-free paper) |
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