Sexsomnia: Abnormal sexual behavior during sleep

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-282

  Andersen, Monica L ^a   Poyares, Dalva ^a   Alves, Rosana S C ^b   Skomro, Robert ^c   Tufik, Sergio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Atypical sexual behavior; Drugs; Parasomnia; Sexsomnia; Sleep apnea; Sleep deprivation; Sleep disorder; Sleepsex; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DREAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NONREM SLEEP; ORGASM; PARASOMNIA; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXSOMNIA; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WALKING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; VAGINA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; GENITALIA; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPHILIAS; PARASOMNIAS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 36549048516     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.06.005     Document Type: Review

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