 Parasomnias
"Parasomnias" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Movements or behaviors associated with sleep, sleep stages, or partial arousals from sleep that may impair sleep maintenance. Parasomnias are generally divided into four groups: arousal disorders, sleep-wake transition disorders, parasomnias of REM sleep, and nonspecific parasomnias. (From Thorpy, Sleep Disorders Medicine, 1994, p191)
| Descriptor ID |
D020447
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.886.659 F03.870.664
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| Concept/Terms |
Sleep Drunkenness- Sleep Drunkenness
- Drunkenness, Sleep
- Drunkennesses, Sleep
- Sleep Drunkennesses
Sensory Paroxysms, Sleep- Sensory Paroxysms, Sleep
- Paroxysm, Sleep Sensory
- Paroxysms, Sleep Sensory
- Sensory Paroxysm, Sleep
- Sleep Sensory Paroxysm
- Sleep Sensory Paroxysms
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Andorko ND, Mittal V, Thompson E, Denenny D, Epstein G, Demro C, Wilson C, Sun S, Klingaman EA, DeVylder J, Oh H, Postolache TT, Reeves GM, Schiffman J. The association between sleep dysfunction and psychosis-like experiences among college students. Psychiatry Res. 2017 Feb; 248:6-12.
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