Qi Tang

Recurrent Isolated Sleep Paralysis.

Sleep medicine clinics March 1, 2024 Ambra Stefani, Qi Tang

Recurrent isolated sleep paralysis has a 7.6% lifetime prevalence of at least one episode in the general population. Episodes resolve spontaneously and are benign. Sleep paralysis represents a dissociate state, with persistence of the rapid eye movement (REM)-sleep muscle atonia in the waking state. The intrusion of alpha electroencephalogram into REM sleep is followed by an arousal response...