Sleep Resources

The US government's Star Sleeper website

How Biological Clocks Work - National Institute of Mental Health

Eric E. Chudler's sleep page - explanation of neuroscience of sleep from a professor at Washington University

Narcolepsy Links - good list of narcolepsy and sleep disorder sites

Restless Legs Foundation - affiliated with the Mayo Clinic

About.com's Sleep Disorders section - good articles and list of resources on many sleep issues

American Academy of Sleep Medicine - a professional organization dedicated to sleep medicine and research.

American Sleep Apnea Association - non-profit organization dedicated to reducing injury, disability, and death from sleep apnea and to enhancing the well-being of those affected by this common disorder

National Center on Sleep Disorders Research - federal government's website contains substantial information on sleep

Provigil Web - non-profit website about this common narcolepsy medication.

What is Sleep Apnea - From the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Sleep Medication Resources

Drowsy Driving Information

• Countermeasures
• Responsibility
• Drowsy driving references

The British Sleep Society - a professional society, not much practical information on sleep

European Sleep Research Society - scientific organization

Latin American Sleep Society

Actiwatch - data loggers that record gross motor activity during sleep; useful for diagnosing sleep problems

UCLA's Center for Sleep Research

University of Zurich - Psychopharmacology and Sleep Research

Australasian Sleep Association

Medicines for Insomnia

International Classification of Sleep Disorders

Sleep Disorders Resources

Sleeping Well - from the Royal College of Psychiatrists

The Economics of Sleep

The Society for Neuroscience page on REM Sleep

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Technology

Mattresses and "sleep systems"

Sheets, Pillowcases, and Blankets

CPAP machines

Books about sleep

Sleep Disorders

Parsomnias

Dyssomnias

journal abstracts

Circadian gene helps brain predict mealtime

Onset of sleep problems and alcohol use in teens

Behvioral therpay for Insomnia?

Sleep and appetite

news

Mars experiment could help insomniacs

Lose sleep: lose new brain cells

Hypnogogia

"O Sleep, rest of all things, mildest of the gods, balm of the soul..."

(Iris to Hypnos. Ovid, Metamorphoses)