Sleep talking (somniloquy)

Evidence-based neurology checklist on sleep talking (somniloquy): Epidemiology and pathology This usually occurs in childhood There may be a familial predisposition It arises from both REM and non-REM sleep Content of talk Associated features Associated disorders

Epidemiology and pathology

  • This usually occurs in childhood
  • There may be a familial predisposition
  • It arises from both REM and non-REM sleep

Content of talk

Associated features

Associated disorders

References

  1. Fleetham JA, Fleming JA. Parasomnias. CMAJ 2014; 186:E273-E280. 
  2. Derry CP, Duncan JS, Berkovic SF. Paroxysmal motor disorders of sleep: the clinical spectrum and differentiation from epilepsy. Epilepsia 2006; 47:1775-1791.
  3. Avidan AY, Kaplish N. The parasomnias: epidemiology, clinical features, and diagnostic approach. Clin Chest Med 2010; 31:353-370.
  4. Honda K, Hashimoto M, Yatabe Y, et al. The usefulness of monitoring sleep talking for the diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies. Int Psychogeriatr 2013; 25:851-858.

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