title: Nocturnal partial seizures and arousals/awakenings from sleep: an ambulatory EEG study.
abstract: The architecture of nocturnal sleep in twenty subjects (9 males, 11 females, mean age 27 years) affected by partial cryptogenic epilepsy was investigated by means of ambulatory EEG (A-EEG) recording performed at home. The study aimed in particular to ascertain the immediate effects of nocturnal partial epileptic seizures on sleep stability and continuity. Data for a total of 49 recorded seizures indicate that 72% of the partial seizures which occurred during sleep were followed by arousal and awakening, and that sleep interruption lasted significantly longer when the seizure occurred between 4 and 7 a.m.
authors.affiliation: Epilepsy and Sleep Centre, C. Mondino Institute of Neurology, University of Pavia, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manni
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Galimberti
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Politini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tartara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000295:instrumentation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology