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Improvement of sleep architecture in the follow up of a patient with bilateral paramedian thalamic stroke

dc.contributor.authorFonseca, Ana Catarina
dc.contributor.authorGeraldes, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorPires, Joana
dc.contributor.authorFalcão, Filipa
dc.contributor.authorBentes, Carla
dc.contributor.authorMelo, Teresa Pinho e
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-19T14:38:03Z
dc.date.available2024-07-19T14:38:03Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractNormal sleep architecture and arousal require an intact thalamus. Thalamic vascular lesions, particularly in the paramedian region may cause arousal disturbances and hypersomnolence. Although hypersomnolence is one of the main characteristics of acute bilateral paramedian thalamic infarcts, there are only scarce reports in literature concerning polysomnographic follow-up of these patients. The few reported cases in literature show that sleep stages do not significantly change from the acute to chronic phase. We present a case report of a patient with a bilateral paramedian thalamic infarct in which a polysomnographic evaluation of sleep was performed four days and five months after stroke. In the acute phase, polysomnography showed an impairment of phase 2 NREM and absence of phase 3 and 4 NREM with absent sleep spindles. After the acute stroke phase, hypersomnolence improved and sleep spindles reappeared as well as phase 3 and 4 of NREM sleep. Our patient clear clinical and polysomnographic improvement makes us suppose that in this case the initial impairment could have been essentially due to a functional transitory impairment of the thalamocortical and corticothalamic connections. This case report is peculiar because it discloses a marked improvement of sleep architecture which to the best of our knowledge has not been clearly described before.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationFONSECA, Ana Catarina [et al.] (2011) - Improvement of sleep architecture in the follow up of a patient with bilateral paramedian thalamic stroke. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 13:10, p. 911-913. DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.05.003pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.05.003pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/9059
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0303846711001363pt_PT
dc.subjectBilateral paramedian thalamic strokept_PT
dc.subjectNREM sleeppt_PT
dc.subjectPolysomnographypt_PT
dc.subjectSleeppt_PT
dc.subjectThalamic infarctpt_PT
dc.titleImprovement of sleep architecture in the follow up of a patient with bilateral paramedian thalamic strokept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage913pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue10pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage911pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleClinical Neurology and Neurosurgerypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume113pt_PT
person.familyNamePires
person.familyNameBentes
person.givenNameJoana
person.givenNameCarla Cristina Paulo Gabriel
person.identifier.ciencia-id7D1C-D5DD-C579
person.identifier.orcid0000-0001-5476-4194
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2399-7678
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