Between sleep and wakefulness: how sleep quality and stress affect isolated sleep paralysis - a cross-sectional survey.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia September 1, 2025 Ahmed Ali Khan, Ammara Abid, Maheen Nawaz et al.
Sleep paralysis (SP) is a rapid-eye movement (REM) parasomnia in which a person is alert but temporarily unable to move or speak during the transition between wakefulness and sleep. It is a cardinal feature of narcolepsy; however, it may also occur independently as isolated sleep paralysis (ISP). This study examines ISP's prevalence, sociodemographic variations, and contributing factors,...