Sleep Walking
The normal sleep cycle has distinct stages, from light drowsiness to deep sleep. During rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the eyes move quickly and vivid dreaming is most common. Each night people go through… More »
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The problem of somnambulism is discussed in this paper by reference to the present state of research in this field. A complex of conditions is assumed to underly sleep-walking and be triggered by various factors.
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[Migraine and somnambulism. A survey of 122 migraine patients] ... A retrospective study looking for an history of somnambulism in childhood, in a population of 122 patients with migraine, and 110 patients with non-migraine headache has been performed.
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Mesh-terms: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Behavior Therapy; Child; Chronic Disease; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence :: etiology; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence :: therapy; Dreams :: physiology; Dreams :: ... The hypersynchronous delta activity, previously considered to be a hallmark of somnambulism, has proven to...
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BioInfoBank Library :: Somnambulism :: etiology :: Sleepwalking associated with hyperthyroidism. Parasomnias in children. Sleep disorders: insomnia, sleepwalking, night terrors, nightmares, and enuresis. Somnolence, recovery and hyposomnia following ventro-medial diencephalic lesions in the rat. ... Most cited papers:
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non-REM sleep, consistent with a somnambulistic etiology. In all three patients, a conscious preoccupation with food was present and two patients showed a ...
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Serotonin had been hypothesized to be the etiology of somnambulism (Juszczak and Swiergiel, 2005). Previous study has shown that olanzapine increases ...
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[15] E. Ziegler and H. Rambach, Etiology and pathogenesis of somnambulism, Psychiatr Neurol Med Psychol (Leipz) 28 (1976), pp. 565–571. ...
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mentation and imagery is an important clue to the etiology. Thus, classic somnambulism normally produces. TABLE!. Sleep data on tw o patients wi Hi somnainb ...
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Its etiology is unknown; in essence it is a sleep regulation disorder characterised by a dissociated state of partial awakening from nREM sleep: the motor system becomes awake while consciousness remains clouded. There are several medicines inducing somnambulism in patients otherwise free from this disorder.
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