(eBook) Drug Treatment of Sleep Disorders by Antonio Guglietta

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Table of Contents

An overview of sleep physiology and sleep regulation.- Neuronal networks regulating sleep and arousal: effect of drugs.- Classification of sleep disorders.- Development of new therapeutical agents for treatment of insomnia and other sleep disorders.- Low dose doxepin for insomnia.- Lorediplon: a new GABAa modulator drug for treatment of insomnia.- Zolpidem sublingual formulations.- Eszopiclone: review and clinical applications in chronic and co-morbid insomnia.- Orexin/hypocretin antagonists in insomnia: from bench to clinic.- Modafinil and armodafinil.- Sodium oxybate (Xyrem®): a new and effective treatment for narcolepsy with cataplexy.- Cell therapy to treat narcolepsy.- Tasimelteon.- The past, present and future of drug development and treatment in sleep disorders.