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Case Reports
. 2000 Aug 5;356(9228):484-5.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)02561-7.

SPECT during sleepwalking

C Bassetti, S Vella, F Donati, P Wielepp, B Weder
Case Reports

SPECT during sleepwalking

C Bassetti et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Sleepwalking is a dissociation between body sleep and mind sleep. We report single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in a man with a history of sleepwalking. Our findings suggest that this dissociation arises from activation of thalamocingulate pathways and persisting deactivation of other thalamocortical arousal systems.

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