Sleep Science and Practice (SSP) is a high-quality and definitive open access journal with a multidisciplinary focus, including neurology, psychiatry and respiratory sleep research. Aimed at clinicians and researchers within sleep science and medicine, Sleep Science and Practice publishes basic and clinical sleep-related research from across the globe to assist sleep specialists, scientists, and other professionals with their research and patient-care activities. We welcome submissions on all topics in sleep and sleep medicine, in recognition of the multidisciplinary nature of the field.
Sleep Science and Practice
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e-ISSN | 2398-2683 |
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Sleep Science and Practice > 2019 > 3 > 1 > 1-11
Sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy (SHE), formerly known as Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy is a focal epilepsy characterized by seizures with complex hyperkinetic automatisms and/or asymmetric tonic/dystonic posturing occurring mostly during sleep. SHE is a rare disease with an estimated minimum prevalence of 1.8/100,000 individuals and represent about 10% of drug-resistant surgical cases. This disorder,...
Sleep Science and Practice > 2019 > 3 > 1 > 1-8
Background Positive airway pressure is the main treatment modality in obstructive sleep apnea. The level of pressure needed for each patient is defined by a positive airway pressure titration study. Predicting those who need higher pressure or bi-level instead of continuous pressure is of a great clinical significance. This study was designed to evaluate whether voluntary breath-holding maneuver could...
Sleep Science and Practice > 2019 > 3 > 1 > 1-14
Violent behavior during sleep is a common problem, affecting > 2% of the population > 15 years old as found in two large epidemiologic studies. The differential diagnosis of sleep related injury and violence includes: REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD); NREM sleep parasomnias (sleepwalking, sleep terrors); parasomnia overlap disorder (RBD + NREM sleep parasomnias); obstructive sleep apnea; sexsomnia...