Preferred Name

Hypervigilance
Synonyms
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altLabel

Hyperarousal

definition

Hypervigilance may be caused by an increase in activity of systems maintaining wakefulness or by impairment of sleep promoting mechanisms as can occur with lesions of the anterior hypothalamus, thalamus or brainstem. Hypervigilance, insomnia, inversion of sleep–wake cycle and delirium often coexist in the same patient.

label

Hypervigilance

prefLabel

Hypervigilance

references

Bogousslavsky, J., & Caplan, L. R. (2001). Stroke syndromes. Cambridge University Press.

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