Sleepwalkers Need Enough Sleep
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Sleepwalkers Need Enough Sleep
Summary
Lack of sleep can lead to more than just physical exhaustion; it may also induce sleepwalking. A Canadian research team has discovered a connection between sleep deprivation and increased instances of sleepwalking.Article
April 1, 2008, Montreal ?" If you want sleepwalkers to roam around during the night, deprive them of sleep. A study from the University of Montreal involving 40 sleepwalkers reveals that sleep deprivation significantly heightens the likelihood of sleepwalking.
Dr. Antonio Zadra, leading the research, emphasizes the importance of a regular sleep cycle for sleepwalkers, recommending against sleep deprivation to reduce episodes.
Sleep is composed of five stages, including the REM (rapid eye movement) stage. A complete sleep cycle takes 90 to 100 minutes, and a typical night's rest consists of 4 to 5 cycles.
In Zadra's study, participants spent a night in a laboratory where their sleep was observed and recorded. Researchers noted that not all participants sleepwalked every night. However, the study revealed that many did sleepwalk, resulting in 32 episodes in one night.
To explore the effects of sleep deprivation further, participants were kept awake for 25 hours. Exhausted, they then attempted to sleep during the day. Researchers found that after this period of sleep deprivation, 36 participants sleepwalked, culminating in 92 episodes.
These findings suggest that sleep deprivation might trigger sleepwalking in individuals prone to it, providing valuable insights for diagnosing and treating the condition.
Although this specific study did not include non-sleepwalkers as a control group, previous research by Zadra's team showed that people without a history of sleepwalking did not have increased sleepwalking episodes when deprived of sleep.
This study is featured in the March edition of the "Annals of Neurology."
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