A 12-Year-Old Girl Is Brought to the Office by Her

question 408

Multiple Choice

A 12-year-old girl is brought to the office by her mother due to unusual nighttime behavior.  The mother reports that once or twice a month over the past year she has found her daughter walking around the house between the hours of midnight and 2 AM.  The mother says, "Although her eyes are open, she appears to be in a daze and doesn't respond to me.  I guide her back to bed and she goes back to sleep, but I worry that she could get hurt or fall down the stairs if I'm not there."  The girl has no recollection of the events.  Which of the following EEG patterns is characteristic of the sleep stage associated with this behavior?

• A)Alpha waves
• B)Beta waves
• C)Delta waves
• D)K complexes
• E)Sleep spindles

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