CAP (cyclic alternating pattern) is the EEG marker of unstable sleep, a concept which is
poorly appreciated among the metrics of sleep physiology. Besides, duration, depth and …

Somnambulism, or sleepwalking, can give rise to a wide range of adverse consequences
and is one of the leading causes of sleep-related injury. Accurate diagnosis is crucial for …

Objectives To further validate a questionnaire about symptoms of childhood obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) and to compare the questionnaire with polysomnography in their ability …

Sleepwalking and related disorders are the result of factors that predispose, prime and
precipitate episodes. In the absence of one or more of these factors sleepwalking is unlikely …

OBJECTIVE: To outline specific sleep disturbances in different clinical subsets of Attention
Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and to confirm, by means of nocturnal video …

Parasomnias are abnormal behaviors emanating from or associated with sleep.
Sleepwalking and related disorders result from an incomplete dissociation of wakefulness …

Arousal systems play a topical neurophysiologic role in protecting and tailoring sleep
duration and depth. When they appear in NREM sleep, arousal responses are not limited to …

Background: Although a level 1 nocturnal polysomnogram (PSG) is often used to evaluate
children with non-respiratory sleep disorders, there are no published evidence-based …

Parasomnias are abnormal behaviors and/or experiences emanating from or associated
with sleep typically manifesting as motor movements of varying semiology. We discuss …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Thirty-two chronic sleepwalkers who were part of a larger,
previously reported sleepwalking group all achieved control of sleepwalking after …