Drug Treatment of Sleep Disorders - Guglietta, Antonio; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015)
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.
Keywords: Pharmacology; Neurosciences; Pharmacotherapy; Psychopharmacology; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Neurosciences; Pharmacotherapy; Psychopharmacology