Sleep and movement disorders.
Polygraphic monitoring of abnormal movements during sleep started in the 1960s in the wake of the interest in sleep and sleep disorders triggered by the discovery of REM sleep. This paper reviews the contribution of the Bologna school to the identification and understanding of motor disorders in sleep.
Lugaresi
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University of Bologna, Via Ugo Foscolo 7, I-40123 Bologna, Italy. elugares@neuro.unibo.it
Provini
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D000818:Animals; D000870:Anterior Horn Cells; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012894:Sleep Stages; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012895:Sleep, REM