The nocturnal brain : nightmares, neuroscience, and the secret world of sleep / Guy Leschziner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leschziner, Guy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sleep disorders.

Sleep disorders--Case studies.

Sleep deprivation.

Sleep Wake Disorders--etiology.

Sleep Wake Disorders--physiopathology.

Sleep--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Sleep Wake Disorders--etiology.

Sleep Wake Disorders--physiopathology.

Sleep--physiology.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

353 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2019.

Summary:

"For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary--either in mind or in body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep--and their experiences in trying are the stuff of nightmares. Demoniac hallucinations frighten people into paralysis. Restless legs rock both the sleepless and their sleeping partners with unpredictable and uncontrollable kicking. Out-of-sync circadian rhythms confuse the natural body clock's days and nights. Then there are the extreme cases. A woman in a state of deep sleep who gets dressed, unlocks her car, and drives for several miles before returning to bed. The man who has spent decades cleaning out kitchens while "sleep-eating." The teenager prone to the severe, yet unfortunately nicknamed Sleeping Beauty Syndrome stuck in a cycle of excessive unconsciousness, binge eating, and uncharacteristic displays of aggression and hypersexuality while awake. With compassionate stories of his patients and their conditions, Dr. Leschziner illustrates the neuroscience behind our sleeping minds and explores the many biological and psychological factors that allow us to find the rest necessary to maintain our health and also improve our cognitive abilities and overall happiness." -- From Dust jacket.

Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep-- and their experiences in trying are the stuff of nightmares. Demoniac hallucinations frighten people into paralysis. Restless legs rock both the sleepless and their sleeping partners with unpredictable and uncontrollable kicking. Out-of-sync circadian rhythms confuse the natural body clock's days and nights. Leschziner explores the many biological and psychological factors that allow us to find the rest necessary to maintain our health-- and also improve our cognitive abilities and overall happiness. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Greenwich Mean Time

In the still of the night

Disney was right

Rumblings

The sleep-talking bus driver

Weak with laughter

Buzzing bees

Seized by the throat

Floating eyeballs

Jekyll and Hyde

The waking effects of coffee

A peculiar fairy tale

Inception

Losing sleep

Epilogue: Some general thoughts on sleep.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-341) and index.

ISBN:

9781250202703

1250202701

OCLC:

1085576579

Publisher Number:

40029387479