Behavioural and Neurophysiologic Features of State Dissociation: A Brief Review of the Literature and Three Descriptive Case Studies | Zendy

Alberto Raggi | Zendy; F. Cosentino | Zendy; Bartolo Lanuzza | Zendy; Raffaele Ferri | Zendy

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Behavioural and Neurophysiologic Features of State Dissociation: A Brief Review of the Literature and Three Descriptive Case Studies

Author(s) -

Alberto Raggi,

F. Cosentino,

Bartolo Lanuzza,

Raffaele Ferri

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

behavioural neurology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.859

H-Index - 48

eISSN - 1875-8584

pISSN - 0953-4180

DOI - 10.1155/2010/296385

Subject(s) - narcolepsy , wakefulness , psychology , eye movement , dissociation (chemistry) , rapid eye movement sleep , declaration , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , psychiatry , electroencephalography , modafinil , computer science , chemistry , programming language

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.

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