The Pharmacology of Sleep (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Kales, Anthony

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A review of the current state of the clinical and basic science of the pharmacology of sleep. The information provided ranges from a historical perspective to current concepts of sleep mechanisms, including the interaction between pharmacology and sleep-wake regulation and between chronopahrmacology and sleep-wake rhythms. For the first time in one single volume, both the basic mechanisms of sleep, and the basic and clinical aspects of the pharmacology of sleep are dealt with in a thorough, comprehensive and authoritative manner. The chapters, written by the foremost scientific authorities in this field, integrate the latest information on the basic mechanisms of drugs as they relate to their effects on sleep.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Seitenzahl: 583
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783642578366
• Artikelnr.: 53088837

Inhaltsangabe

1 Evolution of Concepts of Mechanisms of Sleep.- 2 Principles of Sleep Regulation: Implications for the Effect of Hypnotics on Sleep.- 3 Principles of Chronopharmacology and the Sleep-Wake Rhythm.- 4 Pharmacology of the Catecholaminergic System.- 5 The Serotoninergic System and Sleep-Wakefulness Regulation.- 6 Pharmacology of the Histaminergic System.- 7 Pharmacology of the Cholinergic System.- 8 Pharmacology of the GABAergic/Benzodiazepine System.- 9 Pharmacology of the CNS Peptides.- 10 Hormones and Sleep.- 11 Pharmacology of the Adenosine System.- 12 Methodological Issues in Pharmacological Studies of Sleep.- 13 Hypnotic Drugs.- 14 Anxiolytic Drugs.- 15 Stimulant Drugs.- 16 Neuroleptics, Antihistamines and Antiparkinsonian Drugs: Effects on Sleep.- 17 Antidepressant and Antimanic Drugs.- 18 Anticonvulsant Drugs.- 19 Mechanisms of Benzodiazepine Drug Dependence.- 20 Sleep Disturbances as Side Effects of Therapeutic Drugs.