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  1. Chin CN
    Med J Malaysia, 1987 Jun;42(2):132-3.
    PMID: 3503188
    Adults who present with sleep walking as a primary complaint is unusual. Two such cases are presented and their association with night terrors and sleep talking discussed. Psychosocial stresses exacerbate sleep walking and acts of violence during the episode can be potentially lethal.
    Matched MeSH terms: Somnambulism*
  2. Gill JS, Pillai SK, Koh OH, Jambunathan ST
    Acta Neurol Belg, 2011 Jun;111(2):155-6.
    PMID: 21748939
    Somnambulism or sleepwalking is a sleep disorder of arousal. Compared to in adults, pediatric and adolescent sleep disorders is still under-researched and poorly described. We report the successful use of low dose quietiapine, an atypical antipsychotic, in the treatment of a 15-year-old Indian male who presented with significant somnambulism. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the use of quetiapine for the treatment of somnambulism in the literature. The presence of high voltage delta waves in sleepwalkers has been offered as a possible explanation for the patho-physiology of sleepwalking Quetiapine has been reported to decrease brain delta activity, and we postulate that this may be the mechanism on how it was beneficial for our patient.
    Matched MeSH terms: Somnambulism/drug therapy*
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