Sleepwalking, 6

Results of the adult sleepwalking study led by Yves Dauvilliers, MD, found that sleepwalking involves complex behaviors that occur during arousals from non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. During an episode of sleepwalking the brain is partially awake, resulting in complex behaviors, and partially in NREM sleep with no conscious awareness of actions. Researchers also reported that 58% of the 140 adult sleepwalkers studied displayed violent behavior during their sleep with 31% of violent incidents being towards themselves and 46% toward their partner sleeping next to them. They found that individuals who began sleepwalking at a young age showed a higher frequency of violent behaviors during the sleepwalking that caused injuries and. Sleep terrors also accompanied sleepwalking.