Increased frequency of arousal parasomnias in families with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: A common mechanism?

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1852-1860

  Bisulli, Francesca ^a   Vignatelli, Luca ^b   Naldi, Ilaria ^a   Licchetta, Laura ^a   Provini, Federica ^a   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   Di Vito, Lidia ^a   Ferioli, Simona ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^a   Tinuper, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b City of Bologna Local Health Trust   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arousal; Case control study; Cholinergic system; Family study; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUXISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NIGHTMARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FAMILY; FRONTAL LOBE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASOMNIAS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASOMNIAS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP AROUSAL DISORDERS;

EID: 77956317579     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02581.x     Document Type: Article

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