Nocturnal paroxysmal arousals with @entity146 have been described in a few individuals, and their possible @entity302 origin as @entity70147 has been suggested. However, the clinical and polysomnographic differentiation from @entity4939 and physiologic movements during sleep have not been clarified yet. In this study, we evaluated a group of @entity1 with nocturnal @entity146 and tried to characterize paroxysmal arousals. Thirty-four @entity1 (mean [+/-SD] age 22.7 [+/-12.9] years) noting nocturnal motor @entity2146 or behaviors and 12 healthy controls (mean age 24.1 [+/-3.1] years) underwent nocturnal polysomnography with video-tape recording and @entity146 analysis. Arousals with motor attacks were classified as minimal, minor, or major depending on semiology, complexity, and duration of behaviors. All @entity1 showed several minimal (e.g., scratching or rubbing the nose and the head) and minor (e.g., pelvic thrusting or swinging with dystonic component) attacks, and 53% also had major episodes (e.g., sudden elevation of the head and trunk from the bed with complex behaviors) occurring mainly in non-rapid eye @entity10522 . In all the @entity1 , motor attacks were characterized by stereotypy, sudden onset, short duration, and repetitiveness. In 80%, @entity302 were found. All control subjects showed motor events, but they were fewer, slower, nonstereotyped, and semiologically different from the @entity1 '. No significant difference in conventional sleep parameters between the two groups were found. Paroxysmal arousals with @entity146 probably represent a particular form of @entity4940 rather than an unusual @entity4939 . The semiologic characteristics of these type of arousals are difficult to recognize and differentiate from physiologic movements or @entity4939 without video-polygraphic analysis.

Nocturnal paroxysmal arousals with XXXX during sleep: @entity4940 or @entity4939 ?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['motor behaviors'] @entity10522 :: ('MESH:D020189', 'Disease') :: ['movement sleep'] @entity4939 :: ('MESH:D020447', 'Disease') :: ['parasomnia', 'parasomnias'] @entity2146 :: ('MESH:D011595', 'Disease') :: ['agitation'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epileptic', 'epileptiform abnormalities'] @entity4940 :: ('MESH:D017034', 'Disease') :: ['nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy'] @entity70147 :: ('MESH:C566400', 'Disease') :: ['nocturnal frontal lobe seizures']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['motor behaviors']
