Narcolepsy is characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, fragmented sleep, and other symptoms. This comprehensive text explores the advances in research, focusing on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and modern treatment approaches following the discovery of hypocretin neuropeptide loss.
Provides a comprehensive coverage of the basic neuroscience of both sleep and dreams for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. It details new scientific discoveries, places those discoveries within evolutionary context, and links established findings with implications for sleep medicine. This second edition focuses on recent developments in the social nature of sleep and dreams. Coverage includes the neuroscience of all stages of sleep, the lifespan development of these sleep stages, the role of non-REM and REM sleep in health and mental health, comparative sleep, biological rhythms, sleep disorders, sleep memory, dream content, dream phenomenology, and dream functions.
A handbook designed for both neuromuscular physicians and sleep specialists, providing clinically relevant material regarding sleep issues and sleep-related problems common in patients with neuromuscular disorders.
Ebook Info
Published: 2006
Number of pages: 404 pages
Format: PDF
File Size: 18.37 MB
Authors: M.D. Cameron, J. Douglas
Description
A complete update of a...
This textbook provides clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive and current resource for understanding endophthalmitis, a rare but serious eye infection and dreaded complication of common eye surgeries, trauma, and systemic infections, which often leads to decreased visual acuity or blindness. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are emphasized.
A color handbook providing essential information and guidance for medical, scientific, and health-care professionals regarding diagnosis, procedures, and treatments in the field of Rheumatology.
Ebook Info
Published: 2020
Number of pages: 124 pages
Format: PDF
File Size: 3.08 MB
Authors: Preeti Patil Chhablani
Description
This book discusses in detail the...
Ebook Info
Published: 2016
Number of pages: 235 pages
Format: PDF
File Size: 8.78 MB
Authors: Jesper Hjortdal
Description
This textbook reviews the novel techniques employed...
Ebook Info
Published: 2015
Number of pages:
Format: PDF
File Size: 13.71 MB
Authors: Peter Cotton and Joseph Leung
Description
Authored by the very best,...
A comprehensive reference covering the diagnosis and management of Chronic Kidney Disease, including detailed sections on dialysis and kidney transplantation.
A comprehensive index and reference manual listing commercially available prepared culture media, broths, and selective agars (e.g., Blood Agar Base, CLED Agar, Bile Esculin Azide Agar) used for laboratory cultivation, identification, and transport of microbial specimens in diagnostic and quality control settings, referencing specific product codes and standards (e.g., ISO, Eur. Pharm.).
A comprehensive color atlas covering fundamental human physiology topics, including cell physiology, nerve and muscle function, the autonomic nervous system, blood composition, respiration, acid–base homeostasis, kidney function, the cardiovascular system, thermoregulation, nutrition and digestion, hormones and reproduction, and the central nervous system and senses.
This educational guide focuses on the critical role of the Quadratus Lumborum (QL) muscle, which is often misunderstood and implicated in a majority of low back pain cases. The book provides tools, knowledge, and practical movements, including the 3-part standing side plank and motor control tests, designed to help readers regain control, strength, and balance in their QLs for lasting comfort.
A concise annual overview summarizing the most important clinical concepts, diagnostic guidelines, and therapeutic advancements in key areas of ophthalmology, intended for practicing ophthalmologists and residents.
