Kunihiro Futenma

Three cases of parasomnias similar to sleep terrors occurring during sleep-wake transitions from REM sleep.

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine February 1, 2022 Kunihiro Futenma, Yuichi Inoue, Ayano Saso et al.

Sleep terrors are a non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep-related parasomnia characterized by abrupt terror with a frightening scream. However, it remains unknown whether sleep terrors occur only from NREM sleep. We evaluated 3 cases of a sleep terrors-like parasomnia that occurred exclusively during arousals from rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. These parasomnia events occurred at REM sleep-wake...