OBJECTIVE To estimate genetic and environmental influences on parasomnias and dyssomnias and their association in 8-year-olds. DESIGN Parents of twins completed the Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire. SETTING Families were primarily tested at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, England. PARTICIPANTS A total of 300 pairs of 8-year-old twins and their parents participated in the study. ...

Patients with complex nocturnal behaviors (parasomnia, sleepwalking) can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from those with epilepsy.The differential diagnosis includes identifying abnormalities on electroencephalography (EEG) that are specific for epilepsy epileptiform discharges. Although these are rarely seen in individuals without epilepsy, and unknown to be associated with sleep disorde...

objectives: parasomnias can create sleep disruption; in this article we assessed parasomnias in school-aged children in tehran . methods: in spring 2005, a total of 6000 sleep questionnaires were distributed to school-aged children in 5 districts of tehran (iran). a modified pediatrics sleep questionnaire with 34 questions was used. results: parasomnias varied from 0.5% to 5.7% among the subjec...

Abstract Introduction Restless Sleep Disorder (RSD) is characterized by frequent nocturnal movements of large muscle groups or a complaint restless sleep observers with associated daytime dysfunction.1 RSD, like other movement disorders sleep, low iron stores.2 Children RSD have increased NREM instability and propensity for parasomnia.2 No reports to date demonstrated the use therapy parasomnia...