Nocturnal enuresis and the pontine reticular formation.
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Abstract
To assess the previously proposed hypothesis that enuretic patients have a dysfunction in the pontine reticular formation. In 18 patients with intractable nocturnal enuresis, rapid eye movement (REM)-related phasic chin muscle activity loss in REM sleep was examined by means of a single-night polysomnography. In 5 of 18 patients, this physiologically seen phenomenon was found to be disturbed. Since REM-related phasic chin muscle activity loss is disturbed by the functional impairment in the pontine reticular formation, some enuretic patients could be considered as presenting a dysfunction in this structure.
Medical subject headings
- Enuresis
- Pons
- Reticular Formation