"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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The primary parasomnias. A review for neurologists. Neurologist. 2005 Mar; 11(2):90-7.