The nocturnal brain nightmares, neuroscience, and the secret world of sleep
"For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary--either in mind or in body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep--and their experiences in trying are the stuff of nightmares....
| Main Author: | Leschziner, Guy (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group,
2019.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Greenwich Mean Time
- In the still of the night
- Disney was right
- Rumblings
- The sleep-talking bus driver
- Weak with laughter
- Buzzing bees
- Seized by the throat
- Floating eyeballs
- Jekyll and Hyde
- The waking effects of coffee
- A peculiar fairy tale
- Inception
- Losing sleep
- Epilogue: Some general thoughts on sleep.