Sexsomnia: An uncommon variety of parasomnia

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-75

  Béjot, Yannick ^a,b   Juenet, Nicolas ^b   Garrouty, Romain ^b   Maltaverne, Didier ^b   Nicolleau, Laurent ^b   Giroud, Maurice ^a   Didi Roy, Rudy ^b  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHS de La Chartreuse   (France)

Author keywords

Abnormal sexual behaviour; Parasomnia; Sexsomnia; Sleepsex; Somnambulistic sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MASTURBATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEXSOMNIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SLEEP WALKING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COITUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASTURBATION; PARASOMNIAS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOMNAMBULISM; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 71649113805     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.08.026     Document Type: Article

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