Sleep Disorders and Epilepsy
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2022) | Viewed by 3909
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sleep disorders and epilepsy reflect three levels of brain dysfunction in terms of cerebral cortex, the hypothalamus, and brainstem. Sleep disturbance is common in patients with epilepsy. Sleep deprivation and disruption of rapid-eye-movement sleep might promote seizures. Sleep-disordered breathing, which is the most common and a treatable sleep disorder, might be associated with seizure recurrence and medically refractory epilepsy. The differential diagnosis of nocturnal paroxysmal events which cover both sleep-related epilepsy, sleep-related movement disorders, and parasomnias is important. This Special Issue invites all kinds of clinical and basic research in the interface between sleep disorders and epilepsy.
Dr. Chung-Yao Hsu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sleep
- sleep architecture
- sleep disorders
- sleep-disordered breathing
- sleep apnea
- parasomnia
- epilepsy
- sleep-related epilepsy
- sleep-related movement disorders
- paroxysmal disorders
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