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Drug Treatment of Sleep Disorders

Following reviews on sleep physiology, regulation, pharmacology, and the neuronal networks regulating sleep and awakening, as well as a classification of sleep disorders, this book presents a number of major breakthroughs in the treatment of those disorders. These include recently approved drugs for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Guglietta, Antonio (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:Milestones in Drug Therapy,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An overview of sleep physiology and sleep regulation
  • Neuronal networks regulating sleep and arousal: effect of drugs
  • Classification of sleep disorders
  • Development of new therapeutical agents for treatment of insomnia and other sleep disorders
  • Low dose doxepin for insomnia
  • Lorediplon: a new GABAa modulator drug for treatment of insomnia
  • Zolpidem sublingual formulations
  • Eszopiclone: review and clinical applications in chronic and co-morbid insomnia
  • Orexin/hypocretin antagonists in insomnia: from bench to clinic
  • Modafinil and armodafinil
  • Sodium oxybate (Xyrem®): a new and effective treatment for narcolepsy with cataplexy
  • Cell therapy to treat narcolepsy
  • Tasimelteon
  • The past, present and future of drug development and treatment in sleep disorders.