We describe a polysomnographic observation of the acute phase of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome, characterized by an alteration of the sleep–wake cycle and by the absence of non-rapid eye movement sleep. An atypical transitional state between rapid eye movement sleep and wake with hallucinations and enacting-dream behaviors represented the sole sleep pattern. Analogies of alcohol withdrawal syndrome with fatal familial insomnia and Morvan’s fibrillary chorea suggest a common pathophysiological mechanism in these conditions.
Polysomnographic study of sleeplessness and oneiricisms in the alcohol withdrawal syndrome / G., Plazzi; P., Montagna; Meletti, Stefano; E., Lugaresi. - In: SLEEP MEDICINE. - ISSN 1389-9457. - 3:3(2002), pp. 279-282. [10.1016/S1389-9457(02)00014-X]
Polysomnographic study of sleeplessness and oneiricisms in the alcohol withdrawal syndrome
MELETTI, Stefano;
2002-01-01
Abstract
We describe a polysomnographic observation of the acute phase of the alcohol withdrawal syndrome, characterized by an alteration of the sleep–wake cycle and by the absence of non-rapid eye movement sleep. An atypical transitional state between rapid eye movement sleep and wake with hallucinations and enacting-dream behaviors represented the sole sleep pattern. Analogies of alcohol withdrawal syndrome with fatal familial insomnia and Morvan’s fibrillary chorea suggest a common pathophysiological mechanism in these conditions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
