Sleep Research: Proceedings of the Northern European Symposium on Sleep Research Basle, September 26 and 27, 1978

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Benzodiazepine Receptor in Human Brain....Pages 3-12
Cerebral Circulation and Metabolism in Sleep....Pages 13-18
 α - and β -Adrenergic Mechanisms in the Control of Sleep Stages....Pages 19-34
Brain Catecholaminergic Activity in Relation to Sleep....Pages 35-41
Melatonin and Sleep in Man: a Preliminary Report....Pages 43-44
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Biopharmaceutical Aspects of Hypnotic Drug Therapy....Pages 63-81
Clinical and Psychometric Effects of Flunitrazepam Observed during the day in Relation to Pharmacokinetic Data....Pages 83-98
Correlation of Plasma Concentrations of Benzodiazepines with Clinical Effects....Pages 99-108
Effects of Benzodiazepines on Sleep and on Performance: Studies in Healthy Man....Pages 109-122
Amnesic Action and Residual Effects of Benzodiazepines Used for Intravenous Sedation....Pages 123-133
Sleep and Mood: Measuring the Sleep Quality....Pages 135-145
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Comparative Studies with Hypnotics....Pages 155-169
Pharmacological Treatment of Sleep Disorders....Pages 171-179
Role of the Sleep Laboratory in the Evaluation of Hypnotic Drugs....Pages 181-195
A Sleep Laboratory in a Department of Psychiatry....Pages 197-202
Back Matter....Pages 221-224