Sleep Disorders and Neurological Disease

Examines the neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and neuroclinical aspects of sleep and asserts that all sleep problems originate in brain dysfunction, whether structural as in brain tumours, behavioural as in insomnia, degenerative as in fatal familial insomnia, neurochemical as in narcolepsy, or neuromuscular as in sleep apnea. The book considers the role of melatonin in sleep initiation and maintenance.