Dreams and nightmares in healthy adults and in patients with sleep and neurological disorders

F Siclari, K Valli, I Arnulf - The Lancet Neurology, 2020 - thelancet.com
Dreams are experiences that occur during sleep, while we are disconnected from the
environment. Thanks to recent progress in neuroimaging techniques, it is now becoming …

Characteristics and contents of dreams

M Schredl - International review of neurobiology, 2010 - Elsevier
Dreams have been studied from different perspectives: psychoanalysis, academic
psychology, and neurosciences. After presenting the definition of dreaming and the …

Lucid dreaming in narcolepsy

P Dodet, M Chavez, S Leu-Semenescu, JL Golmard… - Sleep, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To evaluate the frequency, determinants and sleep characteristics of lucid
dreaming in narcolepsy Settings: University hospital sleep disorder unit Design: Case …

[HTML][HTML] Influencing dreams through sensory stimulation: a systematic review

L Salvesen, E Capriglia, M Dresler, G Bernardi - Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Sleep is typically considered a state of disconnection from the environment, yet instances of
external sensory stimuli influencing dreams have been reported for centuries. Explaining …

Cognitive dysfunction in central disorders of hypersomnolence: a systematic review

M Filardi, A D'Anselmo, S Agnoli, E Rubaltelli… - Sleep medicine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Central disorders of hypersomnolence (CDH) are characterized by excessive daytime
sleepiness not related to comorbid sleep or medical disturbances. We systematically …

Increased lucid dreaming frequency in narcolepsy

M Rak, P Beitinger, A Steiger, M Schredl, M Dresler - Sleep, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objective: Nightmares are a frequent symptom in narcolepsy. Lucid
dreaming, ie, the phenomenon of becoming aware of the dreaming state during dreaming …

Sleep and obesity: a focus on animal models

V Mavanji, CJ Billington, CM Kotz, JA Teske - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
The rapid rise in obesity prevalence in the modern world parallels a significant reduction in
restorative sleep (Agras et al., 2004; Dixon et al., 2007, 2001; Gangwisch and Heymsfield …

From state dissociation to status dissociatus

E Antelmi, R Ferri, A Iranzo, I Arnulf, Y Dauvilliers… - Sleep Medicine …, 2016 - Elsevier
The states of being are conventionally defined by the simultaneous occurrence of
behavioral, neurophysiological and autonomic descriptors. State dissociation disorders are …

[HTML][HTML] Sleep fragmentation and lucid dreaming

J Gott, M Rak, L Bovy, E Peters… - Consciousness and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lucid dreaming—the phenomenon of experiencing waking levels of self-reflection within
one's dreams—is associated with more wake-like levels of neural activation in prefrontal …

Cortical activation during sleep predicts dream experience in narcolepsy

A D'Atri, S Scarpelli, C Schiappa, F Pizza… - Annals of Clinical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Narcolepsy type 1 widely affects the architecture of sleep with frequent fast
transition to REM sleep at both nighttime and daytime sleep onset. The occurrence of …