Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9220941 | Sleep Medicine | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Chronic sleepwalkers have instability of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep detectable only by the calculation of CAP rate. Instability of NREM sleep was seen even on nights without sleepwalking and is probably related to the presence of the associated sleep disorders. We hypothesize that chronic NREM-sleep instability is a risk factor for occurrence of sleepwalking when further sleep disruption is triggered by external events.
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Authors
Christian Guilleminault, Ji Hyun Lee, Allison Chan, Maria-Cecilia Lopes, Yu-shu Huang, Agostinho da Rosa,