Definition reprinted with permission from Culebras, Antonio, Clinical Handbook of Sleep Disorders, Butterworth-Heinemann
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Sleep Paralysis
( cataplexy of awakening,
delayed psychomotor awakening,
nocturnal hemiplegia,
nocturnal paralysis,
post-dormital chalastic fit,
sleep numbness
)
Immobility of the body that occurs in the transition from sleep to wakefulness that is a partial manifestation of REM sleep.