Complex sexual behaviors during sleep as a manifestation of epilepsy: a case series

Sleep

Voges, Berthold R^1¹  Schmitt, Friedhelm C^2²  House, Patrick M^1³ 

[1] Department of Epileptology, Protestant Hospital Hamburg-Alsterdorf, Hamburg, Germany^1;Department of Neurology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany^2;Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Departments of Psychiatry, Hennepin County Medical Center and University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN^3

关键词: parasomnias;    sexsomnia;    sexual behaviors of sleep;    EEG;    temporal lobe;    frontal lobe;    focal seizure;   

DOI  :  10.1093/sleep/zsy233

学科分类：生理学

来源: American Academy of Sleep Medicine

【 摘 要 】

Study ObjectivesComplex sexual behavior during sleep (CSBS) is a well described clinical entity in nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep parasomnias (i.e. sexsomnia). We report a retrospective case series of CSBS as clinical manifestation of epileptic seizures and compare them with the semiology of sexsomnia.

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