- Docente: Pasquale Montagna
- Credits: 1
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Long cycle 2nd degree programme in Medicine (cod. 0080)
Learning outcomes
To furnish a physiopathological analysis of the principal sleep disorders encountered in clinical practice, and to encourage a rational approach to treatment.
Previous attendance at the Course on Physiology of Sleep, dedicated to the basic mechanisms and functional regulation of sleep, is strongly advised.
Course contents
Program of the course: The wake-sleep cycle and the structure of normal sleep. Physiopathological classification of sleep disorders. Insomnias. Hypersomnias. Narco-cataplexy. Idiopathic hypersomnia. Kleine-Levin Syndrome. Sleep paralysis. Breathing disorders in sleep. Primary alveolar hypoventilation. Central apneas. Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Upper airway resistance syndrome. Nocturnal groaning. Movement disorders in sleep. Restless legs syndrome. Periodic limb movements in sleep. Sleep related eating disorders. Parasomnias. Arousal disorders (pavor nocturnus, confusional arousals, sleepwalking). Sleep related epilepsies. Wake-sleep transition disorders. Hypnic jerks. Propriospinal myoclonus at the wake-sleep transition. Nocturnal cramps. Jactatio capitis nocturna. Bruxism. Nocturnal faciomandibular myoclonus. Fragmentary hypnic myoclonus. Hypnogenic tremor.
Readings/Bibliography
Culebras A. Sleep disorders and Neurological Disease. Dekker, New York, 2000.
Montagna P. Sleep related non epileptic motor disorders. J Neurol (2004) 251 : 781794 DOI 10.1007/s00415-004-0478-0
ENS TEACHING REVIEW
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
Attendance for at least 3/4 of the lessons required.
Teaching tools
Teaching presentations (slides) available on paper.
Office hours
See the website of Pasquale Montagna