Neuroimaging of Sleep and Sleep Disorders

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Eric Nofzinger, Pierre Maquet, Michael J. Thorpy
Cambridge University Press, Mar 7, 2013 - Medical - 439 pages
This up-to-date, superbly illustrated book is a practical guide to the effective use of neuroimaging in the patient with sleep disorders. There are detailed reviews of new neuroimaging techniques - including CT, MRI, advanced MR techniques, SPECT and PET - as well as image analysis methods, their roles and pitfalls. Neuroimaging of normal sleep and wake states is covered plus the role of neuroimaging in conjunction with tests of memory and how sleep influences memory consolidation. Each chapter carefully presents and analyzes the key findings in patients with sleep disorders indicating the clinical and imaging features of the various sleep disorders from clinical presentation to neuroimaging, aiding in establishing an accurate diagnosis. Written by neuroimaging experts from around the world, Neuroimaging of Sleep and Sleep Disorders is an invaluable resource for both researchers and clinicians including sleep specialists, neurologists, radiologists, psychiatrists, psychologists.
 

Contents

The role of neuroimaging in sleep Thien Thanh DangVu
1
22
5
Neuroanatomy and physiology of sleep Victor I Spoormaker and Michael Czisch
8
Fundamentals of PET scanning
31
Fundamentals of singlephoton emission computed
41
Romy Hoque MD Department of Neurology and Brain Imaging Center Goethe
82
Division of Sleep Medicine Department of Neurology University Frankfurt am Main Department of Neurology
98
Fundamentals of transcranial Bmode Neuroimaging of attention and alteration
137
Van Der Werf
197
Sleep neuroimaging in depression
209
Structural neuroimaging of narcolepsy
218
Neuroimaging of treatment response
228
Neuroimaging of KleineLevin syndrome
240
Maria Engstrom
246
Imaging the airway in obstructive sleep apnea
256
Neuroimaging of cognitive effects in obstructive
264

Fundamentals of magnetoencephalography 62 Economic decisionmaking and
145
Methodology of combined EEG and fMRI 82 deprivation
154
Helmut Laufs and Karsten Krakow Michael W L Chee and Hans P A Van Dongen
163
Frederic von Wegner and Helmut Laufs
171
Neuroimaging of sleep disorders
187
Neuroimaging of autonomic dysfunction
275
41
282
restless legs syndrome and periodic limb
355
Zolpideminduced parasomnias
414
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Eric Nofzinger is the founder, Chief Medical Officer and founding CEO of Cerêve, Pennsylvania, USA. Michael J. Thorpy, M.D., is the director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY, & associate professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He lives in New York City. He also has co-written "The Encyclopedia of Sleep" & "Sleep Disorders" for Facts On File.

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