Drug Treatment of Sleep Disorders

Book Overview

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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(R)): 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319115138
• ISBN13: 9783319115139
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"