Measuring Sleep, Wakefulness, and Circadian Functions in Neurologic Disorders

Abstract

- Neurologic disorders impact the ability of the brain to generate sleep, wake, and circadian functions. - Preexisting or de novo sleep-wake-circadian pathologies are generally underdiagnosed in neurologic patients despite their major impact on onset, evolution, and outcome of neurologic disorders. - Neurologic disorders are frequently accompanied by sleep-wake EEG changes. Extensive brain damage can lead to the absence of measurable differentiation between sleep and wakefulness (status dissociatus). - New technologies will facilitate early detection and (long-term) monitoring of neurologic patients and the optimization of their clinical management.