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Our Publications

  • Patel M, Michelow P, Phillip P, Patel P, Ameen O, Allard U, Heard V. AIDS related primary effusion lymphoma of the pleural cavity: a case report. Southern African Journal of Epidemiology and Infection- Vol 14 no.2, June 1999 pp 49-52

  • Ebrahim IO, The three faces of Memory Disorder; Health and Aging, 2000, 14:24 -27;

  • Warren T. Blume, Dorota Ociepa, and Veena Kander. Frontal Lobe Seizure Propagation: Scalp and Subdural EEG Studies. Epilepsia. Vol. 42 Page 491, April 2001

  • Ebrahim IO, Howard R S, Kopelman M D, Sharief M K, and Williams A J. The hypocretin/orexin system. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (JRSM) 2002 95: 227-230;

  • Ebrahim IO, de Lacy S, Semra Y K, Howard R S, Sharief M K, and Williams AJ. CSF Hypocretin levels in Neurologic and Psychiatric conditions, Journal SLEEP 2002; 25

  • Ebrahim IO, de Lacy S, Semra Y K, Howard R S, Sharief M K, and Williams A J. Narcolepsy with cataplexy, Monosymptomatic Narcolepsy and Primary Hypersomnia: A prospective study in 24 patients including CSF hypocretin levels, Journal SLEEP 2002; 25:

  • Ebrahim IO, Memory Disorders in Psychiatric Practice, BJPsych 2002; 181: 177-178;

  • Ebrahim IO, Sharief MK, de Lacy S, Semra YK, Howard RS, Williams AJ. Hypocretin (Orexin) Deficiency in Narcolepsy and Primary Hypersomnia. Journal of Neurology Neuropsychiatry and Psychology (JNNP) 2003; 74(1): 127-130;

  • Ebrahim IO, Williams AJ, et al. CSF Hypocretin (Orexin) in Neurological and Psychiatric disorders. Journal of Sleep Research (JSR) 2003; 12(1).

  • Ebrahim IO, Fisher JP, de Lacy S, Williams AJ. A prospective, randomized, trial comparing the effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Pharmacologic Treatment and Combination therapy in patients with Primary Insomnia. SLEEP (2003)

  • Williams AJ, Oka Y, Howard RS, Soliman MGG, de Lacy S, Ebrahim IO REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder - Characteristics of a series of consecutive referrals to a Specialist Sleep disorders Centre in the UK, SLEEP (2003)

  • Ebrahim IO, de Lacy S, Howard RS, Sharief MK, Williams AJ. CSF Hypocretin (Orexin) in Disorders of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. SLEEP (2003).

  • Nightingale S, Orgill JC, Ebrahim IO, Williams AJ. The Association Between Narcolepsy and REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD). SLEEP (2004)

  • Thannickal TC, Mayhew J Blouin A, Nienhuis R, Williams AJ, Ebrahim IO, Siegel JM. Distribution Of Hypocretin (Orexin) Immunoreactivity In The Hypothalamus Of Normal And Narcoleptic Horse. SLEEP (2004)

  • Orgill JC, Bath J, Ebrahim IO, de Lacy SF, Williams AJ. The role of Actigraphy in the study of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms. SLEEP (2004).

  • Ebrahim IO. The Management of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness. Drugs & Therapeutics Bulletin. 2004 June;

  • Nightingale S, Williams AJ, Orgill JC, Ebrahim IO, de Lacy S. The association between narcolepsy and REM behaviour disorder (RBD) Sleep Medicine (2005)

  • Ebrahim IO, Peacock KW. REM Sleep Behavior Disorder - Psychiatric Presentations: A Case Series from the United Kingdom Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005

  • Ebrahim IO, Peacock KW, Williams AJ. Post-traumatic Narcolepsy: 2 case reports and a mini-review. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2005

  • Ebrahim IO, Williams AJ, Peacock KW, Maldonado CC. Driver Sleepiness in South African Commercial Drivers: A two stage screening study. Journal SLEEP 28: 165 (2005)

  • Ebrahim IO, de Lacy S, et al. CSF Hypocretin (Orexin) in disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness. Journal SLEEP 28: 216 (2005)

  • Wilson W, Ebrahim IO, Fenwick P, Marks RL. Violence, Sleepwalking and the Criminal Law. Criminal Law Review (August 2005)

  • Ebrahim IO, Wilson W, Fenwick PB, Peacock KW, Marks RL. Sleep related violence, Alcohol, Automatism and the Law. Criminal Law Review (August 2005)

  • Ebrahim IO. Somnambulistic sexual Behaviour (Sexsomnia). Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine, 2006 (in press)



BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

  • Jacobson R, Ebrahim IO, Kopelman MD. Organic Psychiatric Disorders, Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Gaskell (2005).

  • Stores G & Ebrahim IO. Sleep Disorders, Seminars in General adult Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Gaskell (2005)

  • Shapiro CM, Ohayon MM, Ebrahim IO, Grunstein R. Fighting Fatigue & Sleepiness: Practical Strategies for minimising sleepiness & fatigue. Joli Joco Publications (2005)


 
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