AASM: American Academy of Sleep Medicine
AB: Automatic Behavior
ABSM: American Board of Sleep Medicine
ACGME: Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
ACh: acetylcholine
ADD: Attention Deficit Disorder
ADHD: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
ADSM: Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine
AHI: apnea-hypopnea index
AMA: American Medical Association
ASAA: American Sleep Apnea Association
ATS: American Thoracic Society
BMI: Body Mass Index
C: Cataplexy
CDC: Center for Disease Control
CFIDS: Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome
CFS: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
CNS: central nervous system
CPAP: Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
CRISP: Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
CRP: C Reactive Protein
csa: central sleep apnea
DA: dopamine
DCI: Diseases And Conditions Index
DSPS: delayed sleep phase syndrome
EDS: excessive daytime sleepiness
EH: Essential Hypersomnia
ENT: Ear, Nose and Throat
GHB: gamma-hydroxybutyrate
HH: Hypnogogic Hallucinations
HLA: human leukocyte antigen
HPA: hypothalamic pituitary axis
IH: idiopathic hypersomnia
IRG: Integrated Review Groups
ITS: I'm Tired Syndrome
L-DOPA: Levo-Dopa
LTD: Long-Term Disability
MAO: monoamine oxidase
MAOI: monoamine oxidase inhibitor
MEPS: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey