Interictal electroencephalography in night terrors and somnambulism.

摘要: Night terrors and somnambulism (NTS) are defined as disorders of arousal occurring in children during Stage 3 to 4 NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep. In this study, the interictal EEG recordings 35 neurologically normal with clinical NTS were studied. Sixteen (47%) had disturbed records including: localized slow, spike or sharp wave activity; generalized bursts high voltage, waves, spikes slow delta activity complexes; episodic high-voltage wakeful rest. This percentage represents half incidence abnormalities childhood epilepsy, but far greater than 10 15% found healthy children.