The Nocturnal Brain
Nightmares, Neuroscience, and the Secret World of Sleep
Ranked #39 in Sleep
For Dr. Guy Leschziner's patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. Insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors, sleep apnea, and sleepwalking are just a sampling of conditions afflicting sufferers who cannot sleep--and their experiences in trying are the stuff of nightmares. Demoniac hallucinations frighten people into paralysis. Restless legs rock both the sleepless and their sleeping partners with unpredictable and uncontrollable kicking. Out-of-sync circadian rhythms confuse the natural body clock's days and nights.
Then there are the extreme cases. A woman in a state... more
Then there are the extreme cases. A woman in a state... more
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