Polysomnographic study of sleeplessness and oneiricisms in the alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Giuseppe Plazzi; Pasquale Montagna; Stefano Meletti; Elio Lugaresi

doi:10.1016/S1389-9457(02)00014-X

Polysomnographic study of sleeplessness and oneiricisms in the alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Giuseppe Plazzi, Pasquale Montagna, Stefano Meletti, Elio Lugaresi

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	279-282
Number of pages	4
Journal	Sleep Medicine
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1389-9457(02)00014-X
Publication status	Published - 2002

Keywords

Alcohol withdrawal syndrome
Clonazepam
Fatal familial insomia
Morvan's fibrillary chorea
Oneiricism
Polysomnography
Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
Recovery

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ophthalmology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Neurology
Dentistry(all)

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