Principles and practice of geriatric sleep medicine

Contents: Foreword Robert N. Butler; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Sleep and Normal Aging: 1. Aging and circadian rhythms: general trends S. R. Pandi-Perumal, D. Warren Spence and Vijay Kumar Sharma; 2. Possible mechanisms and consequences of age-related changes in the middle years of life Julie Carrier; 3. Sleep throughout the menopause transition and postmenopause Theresa B. Young; 4. Neuropsychology and neuroimaging of sleep-dependent memory processing: implications for aging Matthew P. Walker; 5. Sleep and memory in the elderly Orla Patricia Hornung; 6. Sleep and autonomic dysregulation in the elderly Stefano Zanigni and Pietro Cortelli; 7. Age-related changes in the pharyngeal structure and function in sleep apnea and normal subjects Giora Pillar, David P. White and Atul Malhotra; Part II. Neuroendocrine and Homeostatic Changes in the Elderly: 8. Neuroendocrine correlates of sleep in the elderly Theresa M. Buckley; 9. Melatonin, aging and Alzheimer's disease Daniel P. Cardinali and M. Karasek; 10. Sleep and diabesity in older adults Eve Van Cauter and Rachel Leproult; Part III. Sleep Disorders in the Elderly: 11. Assessment and differential diagnosis of sleep disorders in the elderly Jana R. Cooke and Sonia Ancoli-Israel; 12. Circadian rhythm dysregulation in the elderly: Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome David K. Welsh and Louis John Ptacek; 13. Circadian rhythm dysregulation in the elderly: shift work Timothy H. Monk; 14. Nocturia in the aging population Ragner Asplund; 15. Sleep and fibromyalgia in the elderly David Hallegua and Daniel J. Wallace; 16. Sleep and pain management in the elderly Jeanetta C. Rains and Donald B. Penzien; 17. The effects of depression and anxiety disorders on sleep in the elderly Evelyn Mai and Daniel J. Buysse; 18. Sleep and Parkinson's disease Aleksandar Videnovic and Cynthia L. Comella; 19. Sleep and circadian dysregulation in Alzheimer's disease David Harper; 20. Narcolepsy in the elderly Michel Billiard; 21. Sleep and movement disorders in the elderly Kai Spiegelhalder and Magdolna Hornyak; 22. REM sleep behavior disorder in the elderly Luigi Ferini-Strambi; 23. Sleep apnea and sleep disordered breathing in the elderly Andrea H. S. Loewen, Marc J. Poulin and Patrick J. Hanly; 24. Sleep and cardiovascular diseases in the elderly Rohit Budhiraja and Stuart F. Quan; 25. Insomnia in the elderly Megan E. Ruiter, Gregory S. Vander Wal and Kenneth L. Lichstein; 26. Sleep in nursing home residents Jennifer L. Martin; 27. Fatigue and sleepiness in the elderly: risk factors & management strategies Nikola N. Trajanovic and Colin M. Shapiro; 28. Sleep and falls in the elderly Stephanie Anne Studenski; 29. Dreaming and dreaming disorders in the elderly Milton Kramer; 30. Sleep medications and traffic safety in the elderly Monique A. J. Mets and Joris C. Verster; Part IV. Treatment of Sleep Disorders in the Elderly: 31. Geriatric psychopharmacology: an overview Andrew Krystal; 32. Epidemiology of sleep medication use Ineke Neutel and Scott B. Patten; 33. Pharmacological treatment of insomnia in the elderly Jaime M. Monti; 34. Use of benzodiazepines in the aging population: do the benefits outweigh the risks? Malcolm H. Lader; 35. Use of psychotropic drugs in the elderly: effects on sleep architecture Luc Staner; 36. Non-pharmacological treatment of insomnia in the elderly Philip R. Gehrman and Nalaka Gooneratne; 37. Self-help treatments for primary and co-morbid insomnia Bruce D. Rybarczyk and Laurin Mack; 38. Complementary and alternative medicine for sleep disturbances in the elderly Barbara Wider and Max H. Pittler; 39. Therapeutic benefits of napping in the elderly Patricia J. Murphy and Scott S. Campbell; 40. Beneficial therapeutic effects of light in the elderly Glenna A. Dowling and Judy Mastick; 41. Neuroimaging of sleep and sleep interventions in the elderly Eric A. Nofzinger; Index.