3 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4 Sleep-Wake Disorders Center, Montefiore Medical Center, and Albert Einstein College of …

Sleep is fundamental to the survival of humans. However, knowledge regarding the role of
sleep and its regulation is poorly understood. Genetics in flies, mice, and humans has led to …

This atlas is intended to provide an overview for the reader of the rich and everexpanding
field of sleep medicine. The authors, a multidisciplinary team of a psychiatrist, a neurologist …

Sleep is a complex, highly organized state that is fundamental to life. And yet, many
functions of sleep remain to be discovered and understood. The past 50 years of modern …

In the last few decades, scientists have made extraordinary progress characterizing the
neurobiology [1], regulatory mechanisms [2], and genetic underpinnings of mammalian …

For years, the subject of sleep failed to generate much interest from either the field of
medicine or that of psychology–a curious fact, as a 60-year-old has spent some 20 years out …

In this commentary, I play the Devil's advocate and assume the title of High Contrarian. I
intend to be provocative to challenge long-standing ideas about sleep. I blame all on …

Sleeping and dreaming always have been a fundamental part of human existence. Most
early writing on these subjects almost entirely was speculation. During the twentieth century …

Sleep science has been a vigorously evolving field over the past 60 years, and the practice
of sleep medicine has become increasingly complex with a growing number of tests and …

Handbook of Sleep Research, Volume 30, provides a comprehensive review of the current
status of the neuroscience of sleep research. It begins with an overview of the neural …