Sleep Dysfunction in Fibromyalgia and Therapeutic Approach Options [PDF]
, 2020 Fibromyalgia, characterised by persistent pain, sleep disturbance, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction, is a central sensitivity syndrome that also involves abnormality in peripheral generators and in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis.
Lawson, Kim
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Genetics of sleep and sleep disorders [PDF]
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2007 Genetic factors affect sleep. Studies in twin pairs demonstrate that the strong hereditary influences on sleep architecture and some sleep disorders are transmitted through families. Evidence like this strongly suggests that sleep regulation receives significant influence from genetic factors.
Juliane Winkelmann, M. Kimura
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Sleep quality, daytime sleepiness and daytime functioning among Thai obstructive sleep apnea patients receiving continuous positive airway pressure therapy [PDF]
Journal of Health Research, 2022 Purpose – The purpose is to assess the effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment on sleep quality, daytime sleepiness and daytime functioning among Thai obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients.
Theerakorn Theerakittikul +2 more
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Melatonin for rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease : a randomised controlled trial [PDF]
, 2019 Background Melatonin may reduce REM-sleep behavior disorder (RBD) symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD), though robust clinical trials are lacking. Objective To assess the efficacy of prolonged-release (PR) melatonin for RBD in PD.
Coeytaux Jackson, Alessandra +10 more
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Management of insomnia in sleep disordered breathing [PDF]
, 2019 Both obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and chronic insomnia disorder are highly prevalent in the general population. Whilst both disorders may occur together by mere coincidence, it appears that they share clinical features and that they may aggravate each ...
Janssen, Hennie CJP +4 more
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Great nature’s second course: Introduction to the special issue on the behavioral neuroscience of sleep [PDF]
, 2016 Sleep is necessary for normal psychological functioning, and psychological function in turn affects sleep integrity. Recent investigations delineate the relation of sleep to a broad array of processes ranging from learning and memory to emotional ...
Cronin-Golomb, Alice
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REM sleep in acutely traumatized individuals and interventions for the secondary prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder [PDF]
, 2020 Increasing evidence supports a close link between REM sleep and the consolidation of emotionally toned memories such as traumatic experiences. In order to investigate the role of sleep for the development of symptoms related to traumatic experiences ...
Bublitz, Jan Christoph +6 more
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The contribution of fatigue and sleepiness to depression in patients attending the sleep laboratory for evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea [PDF]
, 2011 Purpose: A high prevalence of depressive symptomatology has been reported amongst sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but it remains unclear as to whether this is due to their OSA or other factors associated with the disorder.
Downey, Luke +5 more
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Classification of Sleep Disorders [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology, 1990 The classification of sleep disorders is essential both for correct diagnosis and for coding purposes. There are three major sleep disorder classifications in the USA: the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V), the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s International Classification
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Identification of sleep apnea events using discrete wavelet transform of respiration, ECG and accelerometer signals [PDF]
, 2013 Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder in which patient sleep patterns are disrupted due to recurrent pauses in breathing or by instances of abnormally low breathing. Current gold standard tests for the detection of apnea events are costly and have the
Dermot Diamond +7 more
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