Sleep disorder

Sleep disorder

The disturbance of normal sleep patterns caused by a broad range of illnesses, including dysfunctional sleep mechanisms, abnormalities in physiological functions during sleep, abnormalities of the biological clock, and sleep disturbances that are induced by factors extrinsic to the sleep process.

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Sedatives

Health care; Sleep disorder

Chemicals (sometimes medicines) tending to calm, and reduce nervousness or excitement and foster sleep. Many sleep medicines are sedatives. Sometimes sedation is an undesired side effect of drugs ...

Anaesthesia

Health care; Sleep disorder

Complete or partial loss of sensation, usually caused by artificially produced unconsciousness.

Arousal

Health care; Sleep disorder

Awakening from sleep. Sleep scientists sometimes use this term to refer to a change from a "deeper" stage of non-REM sleep to a "lighter" stage.

Advanced sleep phase syndrome (ASPS)

Health care; Sleep disorder

Circadian rhythm disorder in which the main sleep period is advanced in relation to the desired clocktime, that results in symptoms of compelling evening sleepiness, an early sleep onset, and an ...

Imidazopyridines

Health care; Sleep disorder

Class of drugs prescribed for insomnia. Often called nonbenzodiazepines, although nonbenzodiazepines refers to a number of different classes of drugs. Imidazopyridines include zolpidem (Ambien) and ...

Delayed sleep phase syndrome

Health care; Sleep disorder

Circadian-rhythm sleep disorder thought to result from the endogenous circadian pacemaker being "stuck" at a later-than-normal phase, relative to the desired sleep-wake schedule. The basic ...