somnambulism/fatigue

UNASSIGNED Sleepwalking (SW) is a parasomnia, an abnormal behavior occurring during sleep. SW is a non-REM sleep parasomnia, an arousal disorder, like sleep terrors and confusional arousals. SW results from an incomplete arousal from slow-wave sleep, some regions of the cerebral cortex being awake

OBJECTIVE Suvorexant, a new hypnotic, is indicated for the treatment of insomnia characterized by difficulties with sleep onset and/or sleep maintenance, and is used long-term. This paper will briefly review suvorexant. RESULTS Orexin is a hypothalamic peptide which promotes wakefulness. By blocking

Aging is a physiological process that shares many behavioral, biochemical and neuroendocrine phenomena with the pathophysiological situation of unresolved stress, as well as with a pharmacologically induced syndrome resulting from chronic benzodiazepine (BZ) consumption. Behavioral findings include

OBJECTIVE To investigate the restorative quality of sleep and daytime functioning in sleepwalking adult patients in comparison with controls. METHODS Prospective case-control study. METHODS Data were collected at the Sleep Disorders Center, Hôpital-Gui-de Chauliac, Montpellier, France between June