parasomnia

Introduction

Unusual behaviors during sleep, including:

• non-REM* parasomnias
  • sleep walking
  • night terrors
• REM* parasomnias
  • REM* behavior disorder
  • nightmares

* rapid-eye-movement

Etiology

• Parkinson's disease

Complications

• higher risk of all-cause mortality & mortality attributed to neurodegenerative diseases & accidents

More general terms

• sleep disorder

More specific terms

• night terror; sleep terror
• nightmare
• rapid eye movement sleep behavioral disorder (RBD)
• somnambulism (sleep walking)