Somnambulism: Clinical aspects and pathophysiological hypotheses

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-294

  Zadra, Antonio ^a,b   Desautels, Alex ^a,b   Petit, Dominique ^a,b   Montplaisir, Jacques ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AMNESIA; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DREAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPISODIC MEMORY; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF SLEEP DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NONREM SLEEP; PARASOMNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WALKING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STRESS; VIOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; GENETICS;

BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; SOMNAMBULISM;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876315661     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70322-8     Document Type: Review

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