Zopiclone and sleepwalking

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-142

  Ferentinos, Panagiotis ^a   Paparrigopoulos, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RISPERIDONE; SEDATIVE AGENT; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE; AZABICYCLO DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WALKING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STRESS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP DISORDER;

AZABICYCLO COMPOUNDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDDLE AGED; PIPERAZINES; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOMNAMBULISM;

EID: 61949084003     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145708009541     Document Type: Letter

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