InhaltsangabeSection I. Basic Pharmacology: GABAA Receptor Subtypes in Sedation and Hypnosis.- Sleep Hippocampal Theta Rhythm and Sensory Processing.- Monoaminergic Mechanisms in the Regulation of Sleep-Wakefulness: Special Emphasis on Preoptic Noradrenergic System.- REM Sleep Function and Brain Monoamine Regulation: An Application of the Search Activity Concept.-Role of Wakefulness Area in the Brainstem Reticular Formation in Regulating Rapid Eye Movement Sleep.- The Mechanistic Relationship between NREM Sleep and Anesthesia.- Section II. Chronopharmacology: Time-Dependent Psychotropic Drug Effects Hints of Pharmacochronomics, Broader than Circadian Time Structures.- Melatonin Interaction with Bz-Gabaa Receptors: Implications for Sleep Induction.- Melatonin: A Chronobiotic that Not Only Shifts Rhythms.- Melatonin and Human Sleep.- Melatonin Efficacy to Treat Circadian

Alterations of Sleep in Alzheimer's Disease.- Pharmacotherapy for Seasonal Affective Disorder.- Use and Discontinuation of Hypnosedative Medications.- Section III. Clinical Pharmacology: Long-Term Use of Sleeping Pills in Chronic Insomnia.- Risks of Chronic Hypnotic Use.- Effects of Psychotropics on Driving Performance.- Diagnosis, Pathophysiology and Treatment of Hypersomnias.- Chronic Disease and Sleep Architecture Pharmacotherapeutic Considerations.- Benzodiazepines for Sedation in Infants and Children.- The Pharmacological Management of Fatigue and Sleepiness in Affective Disorders.- Next-Day Residual Effects of Sleeping Medications on Driving Ability: A Review of the Literature.- Sleep and Pain.- Head Injuries and Sleep.-Psychopharmacological Management of Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep.- A Comparison of Visual Analog Scale and Categorical Ratings in Assessing the Patient's Estimate of Sleep Quality.- The Pharmacostrategy of Treating

Sleep Disorders in Parkinsonism.- The Neuropharmacology of Nightmares.- The Night Eating Syndrome.- Drug Effects on Dreaming.- Sleep Problems in Primary Care.- SSRIs and Sleep in Man.- Sleep and Antipsychotic Drugs in Schizophrenia Patients.- Sleep and Epilepsy: From Interrelationships to Influence of Antiepileptic Drugs.- Herbal Medicines and Sleep.