ReviewNature and science of sleep2018
Relationships between sleep paralysis and sleep quality: current insights.
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- Exploding head syndrome's clinical features and an evaluation of polysomnographic findings.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2026Article
- Characteristics of Sleep Paralysis and Its Association With PTSD, Stress, and Other Lifestyle Variables Among the Population of Pakistan, a Cross-Sectional Study.Public health challenges · 2026Article
- Assessing patient perceptions of off-label cannabidiol use for insomnia through sentiment analysis.Journal of cannabis research · 2025Article
- Sleep Paralysis Among Higher Education Students: A Possible Role of Antidepressant and Recreational Stimulant Use.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
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- All-night spectral and microstate EEG analysis in patients with recurrent isolated sleep paralysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Morphological characteristics of cerebellum, pons and thalamus in Reccurent isolated sleep paralysis - A pilot study.Frontiers in neuroanatomy · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Clinical Characteristics of Sleeping Paralysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Cureus · 2024Review
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- Sleep Paralysis and Lucid Dreaming-Between Waking and Dreaming: A Review about Two Extraordinary States.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Differential characteristics of repeated polysomnography and multiple sleep latency test parameters in narcolepsy type 1 and type 2 patients: a longitudinal retrospective study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2022Article
- Characteristics of Sleep Paralysis and Its Association with Anxiety Symptoms, Perceived Stress, PTSD, and Other Variables Related to Lifestyle in Selected High Stress Exposed Professions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Risk factors of sleep paralysis in a population of Polish students.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2021Review
- The prevalence of sleep paralysis in medical students in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Journal of neurosciences in rural practiceArticle
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Abstract
Sleep paralysis is the unusual experience of waking up in the night without the ability to move. Currently little is known about the experience, despite the fact that the vast majority of episodes are associated with extreme fear and in a minority of cases can lead to clinically significant levels of distress. The aim of this work was to review the existing literature pertaining to the relationship sleep paralysis has to sleep more generally, measured both with subjective questionnaires and objective laboratory recordings. In terms of subjective sleep variables, worse sleep quality has been found in multiple studies to be associated with increased odds of sleep paralysis occurrence. In addition, insomnia symptoms (but not a diagnosed insomnia disorder) have also been found to predict sleep paralysis. Associations between sleep paralysis and other unusual and/or threatening sleep experiences such as nightmares, exploding head syndrome, and lucid dreaming have been reported. In terms of objective measurements, the limited literature to date shows sleep paralysis to be a "mixed" state of consciousness, combining elements of rapid eye movement sleep with elements of wakefulness. Future research needs to focus on longitudinal designs to disentangle the direction of effects and more typically employ a broader assessment of sleep paralysis that better captures associated features such as hallucinations, fear, and distress.
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