STRESZCZENIE Somnambulizm (sennowłóctwo, lunatyzm, ang. sleepwalking) należy do parasomnii i polega na występowaniu złożonych zachowań podczas snu wolnofalowego (SWS), których skutkiem jest chodzenie podczas snu ze zmiennym stanem świadomości i zaburzeniami oceny. Epizody somnambulizmu występują w pierwszej połowie nocy, podczas snu głębokiego (stadia 3 i 4 NREM, czasem w stadium 2). Somnambuli...

Somnambulism, or sleepwalking, is a parasomnia occurring during Non-Rapid Eye Movement (NREM) sleep. It is defined as complex behaviors during slow-wave (or deep) sleep, with the person often having no recollection of these events upon waking.1 It is associated with several medications, including sedative-hypnotics, antipsychotics, antidepressants, lithium, stimulants, antihistamines, and antic...

OBJECTIVES Parasomnias can create sleep disruption; in this article we assessed parasomnias in school-aged children in Tehran. METHODS In spring 2005, a total of 6000 sleep questionnaires were distributed to school-aged children in 5 districts of Tehran (Iran). A modified Pediatrics sleep questionnaire with 34 questions was used. RESULTS Parasomnias varied from 0.5% to 5.7% among the subjec...

BACKGROUND Sleep disturbances are commonly reported in the psychosis prodrome, but rarely explored in relation to psychotic experiences. AIMS To investigate the relationship between specific parasomnias (nightmares, night terrors and sleepwalking) in childhood and later adolescent psychotic experiences. METHOD The sample comprised 4720 individuals from a UK birth cohort. Mothers reported on...

The clinically observed results in 40 patients, from 1 to 15 years old, presenting sleep disturbances, in a comparative and statistically approached study of flurazepam 15mg daily against placebo, are reported. Placebo was administered, followed by the drug, during 14 days each. The chief complaints were sleepwalking, sleep-talking, sleep terror, sleep-related bruxism, sleep-related headbanging...

A 16-year-old Caucasian female presented to the pulmonary clinic for a followup on her asthma. Due to the worsening of allergy-related symptoms, therapy with montelukast 10 mg daily was started and resulted in good relief of the patient's symptoms. In the nights following initiating therapy with montelukast, the patient's mother reported daily parasomnias in the form of sleeptalking and sleepwa...