Shepard John W, Buysse Daniel J, Chesson Andrew L, Dement William C, Goldberg Rochelle, Guilleminault Christian, Harris Cameron D, Iber Conrad, Mignot Emmanuel, Mitler Merrill M, Moore Kent E, Phillips Barbara A, Quan Stuart F, Rosenberg Richard S, Roth Thomas, Schmidt Helmut S, Silber Michael H, Walsh James K, White David P
Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2005 Jan 15;1(1):61-82.
Sleep Medicine has only recently been recognized as a specialty of medicine. Its development is based on an increasing amount of knowledge concerning the physiology of sleep, circadian biology and the pathophysiology of sleep disorders. This review chronicles the major advances in sleep science over the past 70 years and the development of the primary organizations responsible for the emergence of Sleep Medicine as a specialty, sleep disorders as a public health concern and sleep science as an important area of research.
睡眠医学直到最近才被确认为医学的一个专业领域。它的发展基于对睡眠生理学、昼夜节律生物学以及睡眠障碍病理生理学的认识不断增加。这篇综述记录了过去70年睡眠科学的主要进展,以及负责将睡眠医学发展成为一个专业领域、将睡眠障碍作为公共卫生问题以及将睡眠科学作为一个重要研究领域的主要组织的发展历程。