Sleep Disorders CC6 Flashcards
what do you need to have to be dx with sleep disorder?
must have next day consequences
what do you need to LACK to be dx with a sleep disorder
ANY organic, psych, or substance etiology
advanced circadian clock problems often involves what population
elderly people go to sleep and wake up early
delayed circadian clock problems often involves what population
third shift work, jet lag
what should you tx insomnia with
GABA, galanine, or psychotherapy
what should you tx hypersomnia with
stimulants, antidepressants, or naps
which sleep disorder has the strongest genetic ties?
narcolepsy
cause of narcelopsy
caused by autoimmune destruction of orexin (“backup generator”) neurons
hypnopompic hallucinations
hallucinations upon waking
hypnogogic hallucinations
hallucinations uponm sleeping
what is cataplexy often triggered by
strong emotions
central sleep apnea involves
the brainstem stops working in sleep
Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with loss of ___
muscle tone
obstructive sleep apnea is associated with
age, high BP, and obesity.
tx for sleep apnea
central psotiive airway pressure or dental devices
what is not recommended for tx for sleep apnea
surgery
cause of Restless Legs Syndrome?
combination of genes and environment
low Fe can be a cause of
restless legs syndrome
tx of restless leg syndrome?
dopamine
sleep terrors occur during
3/4 sleep
nightmare disorder occurs during
rem sleep
Sleepwalking/Somnambulism occurs during
stage 3/4 sleep
sleep talking occurs during
all sleep stages
Sleep Related Bruxism occurs during
stage 2 sleep
the ___ areas of the alteral hypothlaamus are the off switchand NREM promoting center of the CNS
ventrolateral and median preoptic
VLPO/MNPO causes us to sleep via increased
gaba and galanin activity
VLPO/MNPO turns off ___ TMN wakefulness half of the switch
histamine
VLPO/MNPO are silent during
wakelfulness
when does VLPO/MNPO fire?
during NREM
___ fires mostly as one drifts to sleep
MNPO
___ fires while asleep
VLPO
gaba and galanin are inhbitiory transmitters with fibers proecting to
arousal centers (LC, PAG, LDT/PPT, DR, orexins)
during NREM, serotonin, norepeinhepine, dopamine all fire supressing ___ alloing the porcess of sleep stage 1-4
acetylcholine
adenosine build up inhbiits
wakefulness centers
adenosine homeostsis increases while awake during
metabolism
adenosine build up sitmulates
VLPO to cause sleep
Sleep drive ___ the longer one stays awake.

increases
lack oflight via eyes/optic nerve signals the ___ of the hypothlamaus for mealtonin release
suprhciasmatic
melatonin can be supressed with
24 hour light
CRY, CLOCK, BMAL1, PER1 are ___ genes
clock genes that control your circadian clock

___ drive transcription of cry/per/pev-erba
clock/bmal1
zeitgebers that modibfy our clock
melatonin, caffeine, alcohol
light
food
exercise
social interaction
if I drank some coffee at 3pm, I would ____ my adenosine load and my brain would think it is noon allowing me to be less sleep.
lower
insomnia is defined as difficult inaitiating or maintain sleep, early morning awkaening, non restorative sleep for
1 month
sleep deprivation results in less activation in the
frontal lobe
narcolepsy ivnovles daily sleepa ttackes for
3 months
narcolepsy involves no ___ latency
rem
circadian rhytm sleep disorder yeilds __ or ___ due to sleep wake cycle mismatch, shift, or synchrony
insomnia or hypersomnia
___ circadian rhytm disorder involves falling asleep too early at night and waking too early
advanced
circadian rhythm sleep disorder should be tx with
sleep scheduling, benzos, melatonin, exercise, stimulants or light therapy
nocturnal myoclonus involves
iunconcious leg movements
this is now called periodic limb movement disorder
___ involves concious leg movement and creeping sensations
restless legs
you remember dream with ___ disorder
nightmare
with nightmare disorder you awake
alert and oriented
with sleep terror disorder you awake
disorented, not consolable
sleep relatex bruxism is efined as
teeth grinding
REM sleep behavior disorder is defined as
loss of atonia during rem (acting out dreams)
often violent, men act out dreams sometimes
tx of REM sleep behavior disorder
d2 agonists