Propriospinal myoclonus at the sleep-wake transition: A new type of parasomnia

Sleep

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 835-843

  Vetrugno, R ^a   Provini, F ^a   Meletti, S ^a   Plazzi, G ^a   Liguori, R ^a   Cortelli, P ^a   Lugaresi, E ^a   Montagna, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Insomnia; Parasomnia; Propriospinal myoclonus; Sleep; Wake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOSPINAL MYOCLONUS; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOCLONUS; PARASOMNIAS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP-WAKE TRANSITION DISORDERS; SPINAL NERVES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035499649     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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