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