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1980 - 1989
1990 - 1999
2000 - Present
Books and Chapters
 
1980 - 1989
  • Borrow, S., Adam, K., Chapman, K., Oswald, I., Hudson, L., and Idzikowski, C., REM sleep and normal intelligence. Biological Psychiatry, 15, 165-169, 1980.
       
  • Idzikowski, C., Apple Pascal interrupt handling. Behaviour Methods Research and Instrumentation, 14, 491-492, 1982.
       
  • Idzikowski, C., and Baddeley, A.D., Fear and performance in dangerous environments. In "Stress and fatigue", Hockey, G.R.J., Wiley, Chichester, 123-144, 1983.
       
  • Idzikowski, C., and Oswald, I., Interference with human memory by an antibiotic. Psychopharmacology, 79, 108-110, 1983.
       
  • Idzikowski C , Baddeley A. Waiting in the wings. Apprehension, public speaking and performance. Ergonomics. 26:575-83, 1983.
       
  • Idzikowski, C. Sleep and Memory. British Journal of Psychology, 75, 439-449, 1984
       
  • Baddeley A, Idzikowski C Anxiety, manual dexterity and diver performance. Ergonomics 28 1475-82, 1985
       
  • Williams AJ, Houston S, Finberg S, Lam C, Kinney J, Santiago S: Sleep Apnoea Syndrome and Essential Hypertension. Am J Cardiol 55: 1019-22, 1985
       
  • Popper R, Leidinger J, Williams AJ: Bronchoscopic observations of the velopharyngeal sphincter during treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea with nasal CPAP West J Med 144:83-85, 1986.
       
  • Idzikowski, C., Mills, F.J., and Glennard, R. 5-Hydroxytryptamine-2 antagonist increases human Slow Wave Sleep. Brain Research, 378, 164-168, 1986
       
  • McKay, C.J., Campbell, L., Samuel, A.M., Alderman, K.J., Idzikowski, C., Wilson, H.K., and Gompertz, D., Time course of behavioural changes and their relationship to blood solvent levels during exposure to 1, 1, 1-Trichloroethane. American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 11, 223-239, 1987.
       
  • Idzikowski, C., Kumar, D., Soffer, E., Siderfin, C., Thompson, P., and Wingate, DL., Is the migrating motor complex ultradian rhythm related to the sleep cycle in man ?. The Physiologist, 215, 1987.
       
  • Idzikowski, C., and Mills F.J., A Dose-response study of the effects of ritanserin on slow wave sleep. Sleep Research, 16, 93, 1987
       
  • Yu G, Williams AJ: Screening for sleep apnoea using pulse Oximetry and a clinical score. Chest 94: 295, 1988.
       
  • Williams AJ, Mohsenifar Z: Oxygen supply dependency in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and its reversal after therapy with nasal continuous positive airway pressure. Am Rev Resp Dis 140: 1308-1311, 1989.
       
  • Idzikowski, C. The effects of ritanserin and seganserin on human Slow Wave Sleep, In "Slow Wave Sleep", Wauquier A, Dugovic, C, and Radulovacki, M (eds), 197-215, Raven Press: New York, 1989
       
    1990 - 1999
  • Williams AJ: Sleep apnoea and myocardial infarction. Lancet 336: 888, 1990
       
  • Kumar D, Idzikowski C, Wingate DL, Soffer EE, Thompson P, Siderfin C. Relationship between enteric migrating motor complex and the sleep cycle. Am J Physiol. 259.6.1:G983-90, 1990.
       
  • Dahlitz M, Wells P, James R, Idzikowski C, Parkes JD. Treatment of insomnia with ritanserin. Lancet. 11 336:379, 1990.
       
  • Idzikowski, C, Mills, F.J., and James, R., The effect of ritanserin on human Slow Wave Sleep is dose-dependant, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 31, 193-196, 1991
       
  • Williams AJ, Yu G, Santiago S, Stein M: Screening for sleep apnoea using Oximetry and a clinical score. Chest 100: 631-35, 1991.
       
  • Williams AJ, Arand D, Yan-Go F, Clark G, Miller T: Adjuvant therapies for obstructive sleep apnoea. Am Rev Respir Dis 143: A590, 1991.
       
  • Idzikowski, C., Gould, S., James, R., and Downes, S. A study to assess the effects of nebivolol on sedation and psychomotor performance in normal volunteers. Drug Investigation, 3.1, 183-185, 1991.
       
  • Idzikowski, C., The Problems of Sleep, British Journal of Psychiatry Review of Books, 2, 18-20, 1991
       
  • Mahmoud M, Koyal SN, Stein M, Williams AJ: Wrist actigraph assessment of sleep in patients with COPD compared with those with sleep apnoea.Am Rev Respir Dis 143: A389, 1991.
       
  • Williams AJ: Value of Nocturnal Polysomnography in the Evaluation of Sleep Apnoea. Lancet May 2, 1992.
       
  • Williams AJ: Screening for Sleep Apnoea. CTS Epitome, Western J Med, 1992.
       
  • Williams AJ, Santiago S: The nose and obstructive sleep apnoea. Editorial, Chest 1993.
       
  • Feber R, Coppola M, Fleetham J, Iber C, Kuna S, McCall V, Millman R, Nino-Murcia G, Pressman M, Sanders M, Strohl K, Votteri B, Williams AJ: Portable recording in the assessment of obstructive sleep apnoea. Sleep 1993.
       
  • Williams AJ. Sleep Apnoea and related conditions. Summary of a report of a working party of the Royal College of Physicians. J Royal Coll Phys 27: 363-4, 1993.
       
  • Idzikowski, C & Shapiro C. Non-Psychotropic drugs and sleep, British Medical Journal, 306/6885, 1118-1121, 1993
       
  • Molloy, HF, Lamont-Gregory, E., Idzikowski, C., & Ryan, TJ. Over-heating in bed as an important factor in many common dermatoses. International Journal of Dermatology, 32,.668-672, 1993.
       
  • Williams AJ, Cooper C, Guze P: New Approaches in Medical Education. Academic Medicine 69: 417, 1994
       
  • Idzikowski, C. Insomnia and Depression - Sleep EEG changes. Journal of Psychosomatic, Research, 38, 27-40, 1994.
       
  • Yu G, Santiago S, Goldman, Williams AJ: Evaluation of Sleep Disorders by Unattended in-home Nocturnal Polysomnography. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 151: A252, 1995.
       
  • Williams AJ, De Lilly J, Mahler M, Mandelkern M, Mohsenifar Z: Impaired control of cerebral glucose utilisation in obstructive sleep apnoea. Respiration (1995).
       
  • Chalmers RM, Howard RS, Wiles CM, Hirsh NP, Miller DH, Williams AJ: Respiratory Insufficiency in Neuronopathic and Neuropathic Disorders. Q J Med Vol 89: 469-476, 1996.
       
  • Masumi S, Nishigawa K, Williams AJ, Yan-Go FL, Clark GT: Effect of jaw position and posture on forced inspiratory airflow in normal and patients with obstructive sleep apnoea. Chest, Vol. 109: 1484-89, 1996.
       
  • Kidd D, Williams AJ, Howard RS; Poliomyelitis. Classic diseases revisited. Postgrad Med J 72: 1996.
       
  • Janknegt R, van der Kuy A, Declerck G, Idzikowski C. Hypnotics. Drug selection by means of the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis (SOJA) method. Pharmacoeconomics. 1996 Aug;10(2):152-63.
       
  • Idzikowski, C. Impact of insomnia on health-related quality of life, Pharmacoeconomics, 10 (suppl 1), 15-24, 1996.
       
  • Goldman MD, Williams AJ, Soo Hoo G, Trang TTH, Gautier C; Asynchronous thoracoabdominal movements in chronic airflow obstruction (CAO) : acute expiration during spontaneous breathing in sleep and wakefulness. Adv Exp Med Biol 393: 95-100, 1996.
       
  • Williams AJ, Kidd D, Howard RS; Periodic limb movement disorder. J Neurol Neurosurg 62: 211p; 1997.
       
  • Meissner HH, Riemer A, Santiago SM, Stein MD, Goldman MD, Williams AJ; Failure of Physician Documentation of Sleep Complaints in Hospitalized Patients. West J Med 169:146-149, 1998.
       
  • Higgins SE, Hamid S, El-Kabir D, Davidson AC, Howard RS, Williams AJ. Respiratory Inductance Plethysmography (RIP) - The Effect of a Body Ventilator on the Contribution of the Rib Cage to Thoraco-Abdominal Movement. Thorax 53; A80, 1998.
       
  • Williams AJ. Muscle Strength Assessed Non-Invasively in Relation to Current or Previous Need for Ventilatory Support in Post-Polio Patients. Thorax 53; A80, 1998.
       
  • Nooman Y, Hamid S, Woolford M, Sutton A, Rees PJ, Treacher DF, Williams AJ. Experience with Mandibular Repositioning in the Treatment of Snoring and Sleep Apnoea with and without CPAP. Thorax 53; A4, 1998.
       
  • Howard RS, El Kabir D, Seers CJ, Higgins SE, Williams AJ. Assessment of Neurogenic Respiratory Failure Using Continuous Arterial Blood Gas Monitoring.Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1998; 64: 706.
       
  • Muter V. Hulme C. Snowling M. Taylor S. Segmentation, not rhyming, predicts early progress in learning to read [corrected and republished in J Exp Child Psychol 1998 Oct;71(1):3-27] [see comments]. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 65(3):370-96, 1997 Jun.
       
  • Muter V. Hulme C. Snowling M. Taylor S. Segmentation, not rhyming, predicts early progress in learning to read [corrected and republished article originally printed in J Exp Child Psychol 1997 Jun;65(3):370-96] [see comments]. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 71(1):3-27, 1998 Oct
       
  • Muter V. Taylor S. Vargha-Khadem F. A longitudinal study of early intellectual development in hemiplegic children. Neuropsychologia. 35(3):289-98, 1997 Mar.
       
  • Wells AS, Read NW, Idzikowski C, Jones J. Effects of meals on objective and subjective measures of daytime sleepiness. J Appl Physiol. 84 507-15, 1998.
       
  • Williams AJ, El-Kabir DR, Higgins SE, Howard RS. Sleep Related Disorders in Non-Ventilated Patients with Antecedent Polio. J Neurol Neurosurg 66; 265, 1999.
       
  • Reuter I, Ellis CM, Chaudhuri K Ray Use of subcutaneous apomorphine infusion for refractory nocturnal disabilities in Parkinson's disease including restless leg syndrome. Acta Neurol Scand 1999;100:163-167
       
  • Forsling M, Wheeler M, Williams AJ: The Effect of Melatonin Administration on Pituitary Hormone Secretion in Man. J Clin Endocrin. Vol 51: 637-642, 1999.
       
    2000 - Present
       
  • Quigley N, Green JF, Morgan D, Idzikowski C, King DJ. The effect of sleep deprivation on memory and psychomotor function in healthy volunteers. Hum Psychopharmacol. 15, 171-177, 2000
       
  • Clarke NA, Williams AJ, Kopelman MD: REM Behaviour Disorder in Dementia. Br J Psych. Vol 176: 189-192, 2000.
       
  • Lawrence E, Dundas R, Higgens SE, Howard R, Rudd AG, Wolfe C, Williams AJ. The natural history and associations of sleep-disordered breathing in first ever stroke. Internat J Clin Practice 55: 584-588, 2001
       
  • Ebrahim IO, The three faces of Memory Disorder; Health and Aging, 2000, 14:24 -27;
       
  • Oka Y, Howard RS, Williams AJ. Review of REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder in a Sleep Disorder Centre in the United Kingdom. J Neurol. Sci 2001; 187: P1563.
       
  • Pal S, Bhattacharya KF, Agapito C, Ray Chaudhuri K. A study of excessive daytime sleepiness and its clinical signoficance in three groups of Parkinson's disease patients taking pramipexole, cabergoline and levodopa mono and combination therapy. Journal of Neural Transmission 2001;108(1): 71-78
       
  • Williams AJ, Higgins SE, Howard RS. Assessment of Sleepiness in a Clinic Population - the Value {or not} of the Multiple Sleep Latency Test {MSLT} J Neurol. Sci 2001; 187: P1568.
       
  • Nooman YM, Seers C, Higgins SE, Seed P, Howard RS, Williams AJ. Assessment of Heart Rate Variability During Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep. J Neurol. Sci 2001; 187: P1570.
       
  • Ray Chaudhuri K, Pal S, Brefel-Courbon C. Do "Sleep Attacks" or "Unintended Sleep Episodes" occur with dopamine agonists ? Is this a class effect ? Drug Safety 2002;25(7):473-483
       
  • Ebrahim IO, Howard R S, Kopelman M D, Sharief M K, and Williams A J. The hypocretin/orexin system. J R Soc Med 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, SLEEP 2002;
       
  • 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, SLEEP 2002; 25:
       
  • Ebrahim IO, Memory Disorders in Psychiatric Practice, BJPsych 2002; 181: 177-178;
       
  • Ray Chaudhuri K, Pal S, DiMarco A, Whately-Smith C, Bridgman K, Mathew R, Pezzela FR, Hogl B, Trenkwalder C. The Parkinson's disease sleep scale: a new instrument for assessing sleep and nocturnal disability in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002;73:629-635
       
  • Ebrahim IO, Sharief MK, de Lacy S, Semra YK, Howard RS, Williams AJ. Hypocretin (Orexin) Deficiency in Narcolepsy and Primary Hypersomnia. JNNP 2003; 74(1): 127-130;
       
  • Ebrahim IO, Williams AJ, et al. CSF Hypocretin (Orexin) in Neurological and Psychiatric disorders. JSR 2003; 12(1).
       
  • Nooman YM, Seers C, Higgins SE, Howard RS, Williams AJ. The Use of Heart Rate Variability to differentiate between obstructive and non-obstructive sleep apnoea. Am J Resp Crit Care Med.
       
  • 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. SLEEP 28: 165 (2005)
       
  • Ebrahim IO, de Lacy S, et al. CSF Hypocretin (Orexin) in disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness. 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 (2005, in press)
       
  • Postle BR, Idzikowski C, Sala SD, Logie RH, Baddeley AD. The selective disruption of spatial working memory by eye movements.Q J Exp Psychol 59, 100-20, 2006.


    Books and Chapters
  • Idzikowski, C., and Cowen, P. (eds); Serotonin, Sleep and Mental Disorder, Wrightson Biomedical Publishing / Blackwells Scientific Publishing, 1991.
       
  • Williams AJ: Insomnia: Dr I Can't Sleep. 1996. Amberwood Publishing.
       
  • Idzikowski C. Insomnia - Penguin (U.S.), published Jan 1999 and Gill & McMillan (U.K. & Ireland), Feb 1999. Niw wieder schlaflose Nachte!, Germany and Beter Leren Slapen, Holland.
       
  • Williams AJ: Detection of Sleep Apnea in Cardiac Care Units. IN: Practical Critical Care in Cardiology. Z Mohsenifar, PK Shah and L Rubin (Eds), 1996. Marcel Dekker.
       
  • Williams AJ: Sleep and its Disorders - Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine. MSJ Pathy (Ed), 1998. John Wiley, Chichester.
       
  • Williams AJ: The Iron Lung: The Oxford Companion to the Body.(Ed) C Blakemore. Oxford University Press, 2000.
       
  • Idzikowski C. Learn to Sleep, Duncan Baird Publishing (U.K.), Chronicle (U.S.) (September 2000, August 2002).
       
  • Lawrence E, Williams AJ, Rudd A, Wolfe C, Howard RS: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Complicating Stroke.
       
  • Idzikowski C. Beating Insomnia, Gill & McMillan (U.K. & Ireland), Sept 2003
       
  • 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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