Research Catalog

Title

The pharmacology of sleep / contributors, J. Adrien ... [et al.] ; editor, Anthony Kales.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

Kales, Anthony

Description

xxviii, 581 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 116

Uniform Title

Handbook of experimental pharmacology ; v. 116.

Subjects

• Hypnotics
• Sleep > Physiological aspects
• Sleep disorders
• Sleep > physiology
• Sleep > drug effects
• Hypnotics and Sedatives > pharmacology
• Neuropsychopharmacology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Evolution of Concepts of Mechanisms of Sleep / R. Drucker-Colin and H. Merchant-Nancy -- Ch. 2. Principles of Sleep Regulation: Implications for the Effect of Hypnotics on Sleep / A. A. Borbely -- Ch. 3. Principles of Chronopharmacology and the Sleep-Wake Rhythm / A. E. Reinberg -- Ch. 4. Pharmacology of the Catecholaminergic System / A. Wauquier -- Ch. 5. The Serotoninergic System and Sleep-Wakefulness Regulation / J. Adrien -- Ch. 6. Pharmacology of the Histaminergic System / J. M. Monti -- Ch. 7. Pharmacology of the Cholinergic System / G. Tononi and O. Pompeiano -- Ch. 8. Pharmacology of the GABAergic/Benzodiazepine System / W. E. Muller -- Ch. 9. Pharmacology of the CNS Peptides / S. Inoue -- Ch. 10. Hormones and Sleep / E. Van Cauter -- Ch. 11. Pharmacology of the Adenosine System / M. Radulovacki -- Ch. 12. Methodological Issues in Pharmacological Studies of Sleep / E. O. Bixler, A. N. Vgontzas and A. Kales --
• Ch. 13. Hypnotic Drugs / A. Kales, A. N. Vgontzas and E. O. Bixler -- Ch. 14. Anxiolytic Drugs / A. Vela-Bueno -- Ch. 15. Stimulant Drugs / Y. Hishikawa -- Ch. 16. Neuroleptics, Antihistamines and Antiparkinsonian Drugs: Effect on Sleep / C. R. Soldatos and D. G. Dikeos -- Ch. 17. Antidepressant and Antimanic Drugs / R. Fritsch Montero, D. Riemann and M. Berger -- Ch. 18. Anticonvulsant Drugs / A. Baruzzi, F. Albani, R. Riva, E. Sforza and E. Lugaresi -- Ch. 19. Mechanisms of Benzodiazepine Drug Dependence / A. N. Vgontzas and A. Kales -- Ch. 20. Sleep Disturbances as Side Effects of Therapeutic Drugs / A. Kales and A. N. Vgontzas.

ISBN

3540589619 (Berlin : acid-free paper)

LCCN

95024466

OCLC

• ocm32822377
• SCSB-4779708

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries