The nocturnal brain : nightmares, neuroscience, and the secret world of sleep
Guy Leschziner (Author)
"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."--Jacket
eBook, English, 2019
First U.S. edition View all formats and editions
St. Martin's Press, New York, 2019
Case Reports
1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations
9781250202710, 9781471176371, 125020271X, 1471176371
1110105958
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