Which one of the following phenomena is closely associated with slow-wave sleep?
ADreaming
BAtonia
CIrregular heart rate
DSleepwalking
A 78-year-old woman presents with a progressive decline in daily activity. She gives a history of convulsions and visual hallucinations. She does not talk to anyone and keeps looking at the sky. Pathological examination shows the presence of Lewy bodies within the neurons. What is the most probable diagnosis?
APrion disease
BHuntington's disease
CLewy body dementia
DAlzheimer's disease
A 42-year-old female executive is referred to the sleep clinic with jaw pain. She complains that after she arrives home at night around 10 pm she frequently drinks 3-4 gin and tonics to help quiet her mind.’ She wakes up the next morning around 3am to read the international stock market news, at which point she states her teeth ache an unbearable amount. A study is performed on the patient and it is noted that she grinds her teeth and mutters during roughly half of her sleep. Which of the following would you expect to see on her EEG and at which stage of sleep would you expect her jaw pain to be caused?
AAlpha waves, N2
BBeta waves, N3
CDelta waves, N3
DSleep spindles, N2
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