Dopamine and Sleep

1. Front Matter

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2. Dopamine in REM Sleep Regulation

   • Mudasir Ahmad Khanday, Raghunandan Kumar Yadav, Birendra Nath Mallick

   Pages 1-17

3. Dopaminergic Transmission and Wake-Promoting Effects of Central Nervous System Stimulants

   • Ritchie E. Brown

   Pages 19-37

4. The Effects of Dopamine Receptor Agonists on the Sleep-Wake Cycle

   • Andrea Herrera-Solís, Oscar Arias-Carrión, Andrea Sarro-Ramírez, Mireille Salas-Crisóstomo, Eric Murillo-Rodríguez

   Pages 39-46

5. Functional Interactions Between MCHergic and Dopaminergic Neurons: Role in the Control of Wakefulness and Sleep

   • Pablo Torterolo, Luciana Benedetto, Jaime M. Monti

   Pages 47-63

6. Modulations of Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) Dopaminergic Neurons by Hypocretins/Orexins: Implications in Vigilance and Behavioral Control

   • Seiji Nishino, Noriaki Sakai

   Pages 65-89

7. Alteration of Biological Rhythms in Diseases of the Central Dopaminergic System: Focus on Parkinson’s Disease

   • Santiago Perez-Lloret, Darío Acuña-Castroviejo, Victor Demaria-Pesce, Daniel Cardinali

   Pages 91-114

8. Parkinson’s Disease and Sleep/Wake Disturbances

   • Todd J. Swick, William G. Ondo

   Pages 115-146

9. Regulation and Modulation of Depression-Related Behaviours: Role of Dopaminergic Neurons

   • Basma Radwan, He Liu, Dipesh Chaudhury

   Pages 147-190

10. Depression, Sleep Disorders, and DA

    • Traci J. Speed, Patrick H. Finan

    Pages 191-211

11. Sleep in Schizophrenia Patients and the Effects of Second Generation Antipsychotic Drugs

    • Jaime M. Monti, Pablo Torterolo, Seithikurippu R. Pandi Perumal

    Pages 213-233

12. Sleep in Narcolepsy and the Effects of Modafinil

    • Michel Billiard

    Pages 235-253

13. Long-Term Management Problems in Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)/Willis-Ekbom Disease (WED)

    • Sudhansu Chokroverty

    Pages 255-286

This book offers a comprehensive but highly readable compilation of papers on the role of dopamine in sleep and sleep disorders. Leading experts in sleep medicine, psychiatry and neuroendocrinology provide a broad perspective on the field, from established theories to the latest research advances. Accordingly, it represents an interdisciplinary, cutting-edge guide for sleep disorder specialists, sleep researchers, psychiatrists, neurologists, pulmonologists, psychologists, and behavioral sleep medicine specialists.

• Parkinson´s Disease
• Dopamine
• Neuropharmacology
• Sleep
• Sleep Disorder
• psychopharmacology

“The purpose is to increase awareness of the latest developments in this multidisciplinary field. … It is meant for those interested in or specializing in the treatment of patients with sleep disorders across a variety of disciplines. This book is an interdisciplinary, cutting-edge guide for sleep disorder specialists, researchers, psychiatrists, neurologists, pulmonologists, and behavioral sleep medicine specialists. It also may be of interest to those involved in drug development in this area.” (Michael Easton, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2016)

• Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Montevideo, Uruguay

  Jaime M. Monti

• Somnogen Canada Inc., Toronto, Canada

  S. R. Pandi-Perumal

• Department of Neurology, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, Edison, USA

  S. Chokroverty

Jaime M. Monti is Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, School of Medicine, Clinics Hospital, University of the Republic, Uruguay. He is a member of the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Sleep Research Society (USA), European Sleep Research Society, and the Argentinian Society of Sleep Medicine.

S.R. Pandi-Perumal, M.Sc., has authored many publications in the field of sleep and biological rhythms. He has published a number of books on various aspects of sleep medicine with Springer: Neuroendocrine Correlates of Sleep/wakefulness (Springer USA, 2005); Sleep and Sleep Disorders: a Neuropsychopharmacological approach (Landes Bioscience/Eurekha.com and Springer SBM, USA, 2006); Clinical Pharmacology of Sleep (Birkhauser-Verlag, Switzerland, 2006); Neuroimmunology of Sleep (Springer-Verlag, USA, 2007); Primary Care Sleep Medicine (Humana Press/Springer-Verlag, USA, 2007); Serotonin: physiology, functions, and regulation (Birkhauser-Verlag, Switzerland, 2008); Sleep and Quality of life in medical illness, (Humana/Springer, USA, 2008); Narcolepsy: a clinical guide (Springer, 2010); GABA and Sleep: Molecular, Functional, and Clinical Aspects (Birkhauser-Verlag, Switzerland, 2010).


S. Chokroverty MD, FRCP is a co-director of Neurology at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, JKF Medical Center, Edison, New Jersey, USA. He is a also a Professor of Neuroscience at Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, South Orange, New Jersey.

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