Behavioural and neurophysiologic features of state dissociation: A brief review of the literature and three descriptive case studies

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Raggi, Alberto ^a   Cosentino, Filomena I I ^a   Lanuzza, Bartolo ^a   Ferri, Raffaele ^a  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrypnia excitata; Dissociated states of wakefulness and sleep; Fatal familial insomnia; Mulvihill Smith syndrome; Narcolepsy; REM sleep behaviour disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSOMNIA, FATAL FAMILIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956805952     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2009-0248     Document Type: Article

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