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Night terrors associated with thalamic lesion
Abstract
Objective To describe a case with night terrors (NT) symptomatic of a thalamic lesion.Methods Videopolysomnography and brain MRI were used to study a 48 year old woman with a recent onset of brief episodes, occurring exclusively during nocturnal sleep, where she suddenly sat up in bed, screamed and appeared to be very frightened.Results Videopolysomnography recorded an episode suggestive of NT. Sleep fragmentation with frequent brief arousals or microarousals was also evident mainly during slow wave sleep. The brain MRI showed increased T2 signal from the right thalamus suggestive of a low-grade tumor.Conclusions Our case suggests that NT starting in adulthood can, rarely, be symptomatic of neurological disease, and warrant further investigation with MRI.Significance A thalamic dysfunction, disrupting at this level the arousal system, may play a role in provoking NT.
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“Very rarely, a thalamic lesion, disrupting the arousal system, may provoke sleep terrors [54].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Di Gennaro, G., Autret, A., Mascia, A., Onorati, P., Sebastiano, F., & Paolo Quarato, P.
- Affiliations
- Hôpital Bretonneau (FR)
- Istituto Neurologico Mediterraneo (IT)
- IRCCS San Raffaele Roma (IT)
- Venue
- Clinical Neurophysiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-11
- Volume
- 115
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2489-2492
- ISSN
- 1388-2457 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2081486959
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 2.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Neurophysiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Restless Legs Syndrome Research
- Keywords
- night terrors, thalamic lesions, thalamic tumors, slow-wave sleep, microarousals, sleep fragmentation
- MeSH terms
- Arousal, Brain Neoplasms, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Middle Aged, Sleep, Sleep Stages, Television, Thalamic Diseases, Polysomnography, Night Terrors
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