Spectral EEG analysis and sleepwalking defense: unreliable scientific evidence

Affiliations

¹ Lankenau Medical Center and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Jefferson Medical School, Villanova School of Law, Villanova, PA.
² University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
³ Sleep Medicine Services, HealthEast Care Systems of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
⁴ NHMRC Centre for Integrated Research and Understanding of Sleep (CIRUS), Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ UCLA Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

Comment

Mark R Pressman et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014.

. 2014 Jan 15;10(1):111-2.

doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3380.

¹ Lankenau Medical Center and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Jefferson Medical School, Villanova School of Law, Villanova, PA.
² University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
³ Sleep Medicine Services, HealthEast Care Systems of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
⁴ NHMRC Centre for Integrated Research and Understanding of Sleep (CIRUS), Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia.
⁵ UCLA Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

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Comment in

Slow wave activity is reliably low in sleepwalkers: response to Pressman et al. letter to the editor.
Cartwright R, Guilleminault C. Cartwright R, et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Jan 15;10(1):113-5. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3382. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014. PMID: 24426832 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Defending sleepwalkers with science and an illustrative case.
Cartwright RD, Guilleminault C. Cartwright RD, et al. J Clin Sleep Med. 2013 Jul 15;9(7):721-6. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.2852. J Clin Sleep Med. 2013. PMID: 23853569 Free PMC article.

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