Health and Medical Guide to Functions and Dysfunctions of the Brain and Nervous System Sleep Disorders Health information topics about Sleep Disorders: Alternative Therapy 1. Questions and Answers about Valerian for Insomnia National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/valerian.asp 2. Melatonin American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/258.xml Children 1. Nightmares and Night Terrors in Children American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/566.xml 2. Sleep Behavior Problems: Parasomnia Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sleep/parasomnia_p4.html 3. Sleepwalking in Children American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/160.xml 4. Star Sleeper National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/ Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Sleep Initiation and Maintenan National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D007319&recruiting... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Sleep Disorders National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D012893&recruiting... 3. ClinicalTrials.gov: Narcolepsy National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D009290&recruiting... Coping 1. Tips for Shift Workers: How to Eat, Sleep and Stay Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01388 Directories 1. AASM -- Accredited Member Centers and Laboratories American Academy of Sleep Medicine http://www.aasmnet.org/listing.asp Genetics 1. How Biological Clocks Work National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/bioclock.cfm Health Check Tools 1. Interactive Sleep Quiz National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/cgi-bin/tfSleepQuiz.pl National Institutes of Health 1. Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/understanding_sleep_brain_b... 2. Sleep and Aging National Institute on Aging http://nihseniorhealth.gov/sleepandaging/toc.html Organizations 1. American Academy of Sleep Medicine http://www.aasmnet.org/ 2. American Sleep Apnea Association http://www.sleepapnea.org/ 3. National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/ 4. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ 5. National Center on Sleep Disorders Research http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncsdr/ Overviews 1. How Well Are You Sleeping? Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/602_sleep.html Related Issues 1. Nocturia National Sleep Foundation http://sleepfoundation.org/sleeptionary/index.php?id=11 2. Jet Lag National Sleep Foundation http://sleepfoundation.org/sleeptionary/index.php?id=18 Research 1. Sustained Reduced Sleep Can Have Serious Consequen National Institute of Nursing Research http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2003/ninr-12.htm 2. Study in Dogs Shows That Histamine Is Key to Wakef National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_article_narcolepsy_histamine.... 3. Sleep Duration and Levels of Hormones That Influen American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/11/I-52 4. Sleep and Safety National Center on Sleep Disorders Research http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/sleep/res_plan/section4/section4d.html... 5. Report on the Safety and Effectiveness of Melatoni Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2004/melatnpr.htm 6. Breathing Problems during Sleep May Affect Mental National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/nhlbi-07.htm Seniors 1. Sleep and Aging National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/hottopics/index.php?secid=12 2. Good Night's Sleep National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/sleep.asp 3. Melatonin: Does It Decline with Age? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00765 4. Sleep and Aging National Institute on Aging http://nihseniorhealth.gov/sleepandaging/toc.html Specific Conditions 1. Hypersomnia National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/hypersomnia/hypersomnia.htm 2. Insomnia: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/110.xml 3. Kleine-Levin Syndrome National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/kleine_levin/kleine_levin.htm 4. Narcolepsy National Sleep Foundation http://sleepfoundation.org/sleeptionary/index.php?id=12 5. What Is Bruxism? Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00337 6. Wake Up! National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleeplibrary/index.php?secid=&id=51 7. Sleepwalking National Sleep Foundation http://sleepfoundation.org/sleeptionary/index.php?id=22 8. Sleep and the Traveler National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleeplibrary/index.php?secid=&id=62 9. Shift Work National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/sleeptionary/index.php?id=20 10. Narcolepsy National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/narcolepsy/narcolepsy.htm Teenagers 1. How Much Sleep Do I Need? American Academy of Family Physicians http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/take_care/how_much_sleep.html 2. Common Sleep Problems Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/take_care/sleep.html 3. Teens and Sleep National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/hottopics/index.php?secid=18 Women 1. Women & Sleep National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/hottopics/index.php?secid=17   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] Can't open cache file. [CaRP] Unable to create/open RSS cache file. [CaRP] Failed to open file: /home/brainand/public_html/carp/autocache/f60627ca1db8c2ae253c816eedcd460e [CaRP] Can't open remote newsfeed.