Sleepwalking and night terrors: Psychopathological and psychophysiological correlates

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 263-270

  Szelenberger, Waldemar ^a   Niemcewicz, Szymon ^a   Da̧browska, Anna Justyna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; AROUSAL; CHILDHOOD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; NIGHTMARE; NONREM SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WALKING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STIMULUS; STRESS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MMPI; NIGHT TERRORS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SLEEP STAGES; SOMNAMBULISM;

EID: 21744438987     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260500104573     Document Type: Review

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