Violence in sleep

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3494-3509

  Siclari, Francesca ^a,b   Khatami, Ramin ^c   Urbaniok, Frank ^d   Nobili, Lino ^e   Mahowald, Mark W ^f   Schenck, Carlos H ^f   Cramer Bornemann, Michel A ^f   Bassetti, Claudio L ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Barmelweid Sleep Clinic   (Switzerland)

^d Psychiatric Psychological Service   (Switzerland)

^e OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Behavioural neurology; Seizures; Sleep; Sleep in movement disorders

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLURAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; IMIPRAMINE; MELATONIN; PAROXETINE; PHENYTOIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; TRAZODONE; TRIAZOLAM;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; BEDTIME DOSAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC NOCTURNAL WANDERING; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; MALINGERING; NOCTURNAL SEIZURE; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID EYE MOVEMENT SLEEP BEHAVIOUR DISORDER; REVIEW; SEXUAL AROUSAL DISORDER; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TERROR; SLEEP WALKING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79951872946     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq296     Document Type: Review

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