Sleep and epilepsy
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Sleep and epilepsy. Continuous spike-wave activity during slow-wave sleep (CSWS), Landau-Kleffner syndrome. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Epilepsy syndromes associated with sleep
- Continuous spike-wave activity during slow-wave sleep (CSWS)
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS)
- Benign childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms (Panayiotopoulos syndrome)
- Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy ADNFLE)
- Nocturnal temporal lobe epilepsy
- Lennox Gastaut syndrome (LGS)
Epilepsy syndromes on awakening
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Effects of epilepsy on sleep
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Effects of sleep on epilepsy
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Sleep related inter-ictal epileptiform discharges: causes
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Differential diagnosis of sleep-related epilepsy
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Effect of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) on sleep
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References
- Malow BA. The interaction between sleep and epilepsy. Epilepsia 2007; 48(Suppl 9):36-38.
- Dennis GJ. The relationship between sleep and epilepsy. ACNR 2016; 16:13-16.
- Al-Biltagi MA. Childhood epilepsy and sleep. World J Clin Pediatr 2014; 3:45-53.
- Im HJ, Park SH, Baek SH, Chu MK, Yang KI, Kim WJ, Yun CH. Associations of impaired sleep quality, insomnia, and sleepiness with epilepsy: A questionnaire-based case-control study. Epilepsy Behav 2016; 57:55-59.
- Manni R, Terzaghi M. Comorbidity between epilepsy and sleep disorders. Epilepsy Res 2010; 90:171-177.
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