Fatal insomnia and agrypnia excitata: Sleep and the limbic system

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 164, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 692-700

  Provini, F ^a   Cortelli, P ^a   Montagna, P ^a   Gambetti, P ^b   Lugaresi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrypnia excitata; Delirium tremens; Fatal familial insomnia; Morvan's chorea; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; PRION PROTEIN;

AGRYPNIA EXCITATA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CHOREA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM TREMENS; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INSOMNIA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MORVAN CHOREA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRION DISEASE; RETICULAR FORMATION; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYMPTOM; THALAMUS; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; SLEEP;

HUMANS; INSOMNIA, FATAL FAMILIAL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIONS; SLEEP;

EID: 58149133764     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2007.11.003     Document Type: Review

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