Sleep walking (somnambulism)
Evidence-based neurology checklist on sleep walking (somnambulism): Defining features This is partial arousal during slow wave sleep It may be preceded by sleep terrors in younger age Clinical features Associated pain disorders Predisposing genetic susceptibility Predisposing medications Other…
Defining features
- This is partial arousal during slow wave sleep
- It may be preceded by sleep terrors in younger age
Clinical features
Associated pain disorders
Predisposing genetic susceptibility
Predisposing medications
Other predisposing factors
Differential diagnosis: nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy
Non-drug treatments
Drug treatments
References
- Fleetham JA, Fleming JA. Parasomnias. CMAJ 2014; 186:E273-E280.
- Derry CP, Harvey AS, Walker MC, Duncan JS, Berkovic SF. NREM arousal parasomnias and their distinction from nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy: a video EEG analysis. Sleep 2009; 32:1637-1644.
- Petit D, Pennestri MH, Paquet J, et al. Childhood sleepwalking and sleep terrors: a longitudinal study of prevalence and familial aggregation. JAMA Pediatr 2015; 169:653-658.
- Cartwright R. Sleepwalking violence: a sleep disorder, a legal dilemma, and a psychological challenge. Am J Psychiatry 2004; 161:1149-1158.
- Lopez R, Jaussent I, Dauvilliers Y. Pain in sleepwalking: a clinical enigma. Sleep 2015; 38:1693-1698.
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