ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2021
Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis.
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- Association between sleep paralysis and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2026Pooled it
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- Nightmares or a crippling reality? A review on sleep paralysis.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Review
- Understanding and Treating Nightmares: A Comprehensive Review of Psychosocial Strategies for Adults and Children.Cureus · 2024Review
- The Persistent Paradox of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REMS): Brain Waves and Dreaming.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Brief Psychoeducational and Cognitive Therapy for Nightmare Disorder (BPCT-ND).Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
- Dosing Optimization of Low-Sodium Oxybate in Narcolepsy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia in Adults: Consensus Recommendations.Neurology and therapy · 2024Article
- Safety of Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonist Daridorexant: A Disproportionality Analysis of Publicly Available FAERS Data.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Data mining and safety analysis of dual orexin receptor antagonists (DORAs): a real-world pharmacovigilance study based on the FAERS database.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Astrocyte regulation of extracellular space parameters across the sleep-wake cycle.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Review
- A network approach to understanding occupational psychological distress: linking depression, anxiety, and burnout among Chinese healthcare professionals.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- 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
- Sertraline-Induced Sleep Paralysis: A Case Report.Cureus · 2023Article
- Clinical observation: are nightmares a manifestation of neuropsychiatric lupus?Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
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- Three cases of parasomnias similar to sleep terrors occurring during sleep-wake transitions from REM sleep.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2022Article
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Associated With Adult Dream Content: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- A Novel Group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Approach to Adult Non-rapid Eye Movement Parasomnias.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Sleep Neurology's Toolkit at the Crossroads: Challenges and Opportunities in Neurotherapeutics Lost and Found in Translation.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2021Review
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Abstract
Nightmare disorder and recurrent isolated sleep paralysis are rapid eye movement (REM) parasomnias that cause significant distress to those who suffer from them. Nightmare disorder can cause insomnia due to fear of falling asleep through dread of nightmare occurrence. Hyperarousal and impaired fear extinction are involved in nightmare generation, as well as brain areas involved in emotion regulation. Nightmare disorder is particularly frequent in psychiatric disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder. Nonmedication treatment, in particular imagery rehearsal therapy, is especially effective. Isolated sleep paralysis is experienced at least once by up to 40% of the general population, whereas recurrence is less frequent. Isolated sleep paralysis can be accompanied by very intense and vivid hallucinations. Sleep paralysis represents a dissociated state, with persistence of REM atonia into wakefulness. Variations in circadian rhythm genes might be involved in their pathogenesis. Predisposing factors include sleep deprivation, irregular sleep-wake schedules, and jetlag. The most effective therapy consists of avoiding those factors.
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