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Fatal familial insomnia : inherited prion diseases, sleep, and the thalamus / editors, Christian Guilleminault [and others].

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Fatal familial insomnia : inherited prion diseases, sleep, and the thalamus / editors, Christian Guilleminault [and others].
Publication
New York : Raven Press, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors
Guilleminault, Christian.
Description
xix, 234 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Fatal familial insomnia
  • Prion Diseases > genetics
  • Sleep > Physiological aspects
  • Sleep > physiology
  • Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
  • Thalamus > Physiology
  • Thalamus > physiology
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Foreword / William C. Dement -- 1. Fatal Familial Insomnia: A Disease That Emphasizes the Role of the Thalamus in the Regulation of Sleep and Vegetative Functions / Pasquale Montagna, Pietro Cortelli, Paolo Tinuper, Emilia Sforza, Patrizia Avoni, Roberto Gallassi, Angela Morreale, Ignazio Roiter, Daniela Perani, Giovanni Lucignani, Ferruccio Fazio and Elio Lugaresi -- 2. Familial Thalamic Degeneration with Fatal Insomnia: Clinicopathological and Polygraphic Data on a French Member of Lugaresi's Italian Family / Gerald Rancurel, Lucile Garma, Jean-Jacques Hauw, Danielle Seilhean, Pasquale Montagna, Rossella Medori, Pierluigi Gambetti and Elio Lugaresi -- 3. Fatal Familial Insomnia: A Prion Disease with Distinctive Histopathological and Genotypic Features / Pierluigi Gambetti, Rossella Medori, Valeria Manetto, Robert Petersen, Andrea LeBlanc, Hans J. Tritschler, Lucia Monari, Massimo Tabaton and Lucila Autilio-Gambetti.
  • 4. Fatal Familial Insomnia: Neuropathological Study / Danielle Seilhean, Gerald Rancurel, Lucile Garma, Elio Lugaresi, Pierluigi Gambetti and Jean-Jacques Hauw -- 5. Principles of Organization of the Thalamus and Thalamocortical Connections / Giorgio Macchi and Marina Bentivoglio -- 6. The Thalamus: Anatomoclinical Correlations / Jean-Jacques Martin -- 7. Afferent Projections to the Mediodorsal and Anterior Thalamic Nuclei / J. L. Velayos and J. Cruz -- 8. Cortical and Thalamic Visceral Control Systems / Edward J. Neafsey, Robert R. Terreberry, Karen M. Hurley, Kenneth G. Ruit and Robert J. Frysztak -- 9. Thalamic Lesions and the Endocrine System / Antonio Culebras -- 10. Thermoregulatory Control of NREM Sleep / Dennis McGinty, Ronald S. Szymusiak, Beverly Krilowicz and Stephen Morairty -- 11. The Role of the Thalamus in Cognitive Functions / Ennio De Renzi and Federica Lucchelli -- 12. The Thalamus and Memory / Hans J. Markowitsch.
  • 13. The Representation of Sleep Behavior in the Brain: Functional Centrality of the Thalamus / Pier Luigi Parmeggiani -- 14. Thalamic Nuclei and Sleep-Wake Organization / Mauro Mancia and Gabriella Marini -- 15. Role of the Diencephalon in Sleep Rebound / Jaime R. Villablanca -- 16. Pseudo-Excessive Sleepiness and Bilateral Paramedian Thalamic Lesions / Christian Guilleminault, Maria-Antonia Quera-Salva and Mark P. Goldberg -- 17. The Thalamus and Sleep Disturbances / Mircea Steriade -- 18. Functional Organization of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus / Robert Y. Moore -- 19. Functional Role of the Suprachiasmatic Nuclei in the Regulation of Sleep and Wakefulness / Dale M. Edgar -- 20. Thalamus, Sleep, and Circadian Functions / Elio Lugaresi and Pasquale Montagna -- 21. Fatal Familial Insomnia: Puzzling Neurological Features / Fred Plum.
ISBN
0781701147
LCCN
93021111
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries