title: Behavioural and neurophysiologic features of state dissociation: A brief review of the literature and three descriptive case studies.
abstract: Wakefulness, rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM sleep are not always mutually exclusive conditions, as commonly assumed. In some cases, the declaration of any state may be incomplete and states can fluctuate rapidly, resulting in peculiar behavioural syndromes such as narcolepsy, REM sleep behaviour disorder and status dissociatus. We briefly introduce this topic and discuss three suggestive clinical cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology I.C., Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, Italy. araggi@oasi.en.it
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raggi
authors.forename: Filomena I I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Cosentino
authors.forename: Bartolo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lanuzza
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D034062:Insomnia, Fatal Familial / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000503:physiopathology; D017286:Polysomnography; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult