AUTHOR=Parrino Liborio , Halasz Peter , Szucs Anna , Thomas Robert J. , Azzi Nicoletta , Rausa Francesco , Pizzarotti Silvia , Zilioli Alessandro , Misirocchi Francesco , Mutti Carlotta 

TITLE=Sleep medicine: Practice, challenges and new frontiers

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.966659

DOI=10.3389/fneur.2022.966659

ISSN=1664-2295

ABSTRACT=<p>Sleep medicine is an ambitious cross-disciplinary challenge, requiring the mutual integration between complementary specialists in order to build a solid framework. Although knowledge in the sleep field is growing impressively thanks to technical and brain imaging support and through detailed clinic-epidemiologic observations, several topics are still dominated by outdated paradigms. In this review we explore the main novelties and gaps in the field of sleep medicine, assess the commonest sleep disturbances, provide advices for routine clinical practice and offer alternative insights and perspectives on the future of sleep research.</p>