Sleep and Human Cerebellar Pathology

Abstract
The organization and the quantitative evaluation of sleep stages were studied in 9 patients with cerebellar syndrome. Polygraphic night recordings [25] were scored according to the criteria suggested by Rechtschaffen and Kales and the sleep parameters investigated were referred to those indicated by Williams et al. The results matched with a homogeneous sample of normal subjects. Significant alterations were observed for several parameters of sleep, and the possible causes discussed.