Evidence of Dissociated Arousal States During NREM Parasomnia from an Intracerebral Neurophysiological Study

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Authors

Michele Terzaghi · Urology Foundation

Ivana Sartori · Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

Laura Tassi · Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

Giuseppe Didato · Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

Valter Rustioni

Giorgio Lo Russo · Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda

Raffaele Manni

Abstract

The presence of dissociated sleep/wake states in confusional arousals is the expression not of a global phenomenon, but rather of the coexistence of different local states of being: arousal of the motor and cingulate cortices and inhibition of the associative ones. Whether this is an exclusive feature of NREM parasomnias, or a common substrate on which other triggering elements act, needs to be clarified.

Topics & Keywords

Sleep and Wakefulness Research Sleep and related disorders Neuroscience of respiration and sleep

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: SLEEP

Volume 32, Issue 3, pp. 409-412

DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.3.409

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