in Neurology at Northwestern
University. Subsequently he
trained in Movement Disorders
at Rush University Medical
Center, and Sleep Medicine at
Northwestern University. He
obtained a Masters of Science
degree in Clinical Research from
the Rush Graduate College in
2007. Dr. Videnovic was appoint-
ed as an Assistant Professor
of Neurology at Northwestern
University Feinberg School of
Medicine in 2007. He moved
to MGH in 2013. Dr. Videnovic
cares for patients with Parkinson’s
disease and Movement Disorders.
His research programs have been
focused on the interface of sleep,
circadian biology and movement
disorders as well as on clinical
trails in neurology.
Michel Cramer Bornemann,
MD
Dr. Bornemann is the co-Direc-
tor of the Minnesota Regional
Sleep Disorders Center at Hen-
nepin County Medical Center in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is an
Assistant Professor holding joint
appointments in the Departments
of Neurology and Medicine at the
University of Minnesota Medical
School. Additionally, Dr. Cramer
Bornemann is a faculty instructor
in the Department of Biomedical
Engineering at the University
of Minnesota Graduate School,
Twin Cities. He has several
ongoing research projects in the
field of Sleep Disorders and has
received funding from a wide
variety of sources including the
National Institutes of Health,
the Academic Health Center at
the University of Minnesota, as
well as from medical technology
and pharmaceutical industries.
His undergraduate degree in
Philosophy complements his
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Issue # 4
American Academy
of Sleep Medicine
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Sleep-Related Eating Disor-
der Versus Sleepwalking: A
Controlled Study.
Brion, A. , Flamand, M. ,
Oudiette, D., Voillery, D.,
Golmard, J.L., Arnulf, I.
Sleep Med 2012 July; 13(8):
1094–1101.
The purpose of this article
was to compare the clinical
features, sleep and eating
characteristics between patients
with sleep-related eating
disorder (SRED), sleep walkers
(SW) and normal control
(NC) subjects. 15 patients
with SRED, 21 sleepwalkers,
and 20 age- and sex-matched
healthy volunteers completed
clinical interviews, sleep,
anxiety, depression, and eating
behavior scales, and a night-
time videopolysomnography.
Psychiatric interviews were
conducted only for SRED and
SW. Patients were recruited from
the diagnosis database of the
sleep disorders unit and those
with SRED on zolpidem therapy
were not excluded. Both SRED
and sleep walking are classified as
NREM parasomnias. Although
patients with sleep walking may
have episodes of eating in their
sleep, further criteria need to be
met to qualify for the diagnosis
of SRED. These features
includes one of the following:
1) consumption of peculiar,
inedible or toxic substances, 2)
complaint of insomnia, daytime
sleepiness or unrefreshing
sleep, 3) sleep related injury, 4)
dangerous behavior performed in
the pursuit of food, 5) morning
anorexia or 6) adverse health
consequences related to food
intake.
Both SRED and SW was more
prevalent in females (80 vs. 62).
SRED subjects had a higher
BMI (26.7 vs. 23) and/or higher
weight change across adulthood.
In addition patients with SRED
had a significantly higher history
of eating disorders than sleep
walkers (60 vs. 14) SRED also
scored higher on the eating atti-
tude test. SRED subjects also had
higher sleep-related movement
disorders (40 vs. 9.5), restless
legs syndrome (28.6 vs. 9.5), and
history of enuresis as a child
(20 vs. 0). Childhood history of
sleepwalking was higher in SW
(85.7), but was also seen in SRED
(53.3). 10% of sleep walkers in
this study also had a reported
episode of eating in their sleep,
but did not meet criteria for
diagnosis of SRED. Anxiety and
depression scores were similar in
all 3 groups, but the presence of
psychiatric disorders was signifi-
cantly higher in SRED subjects
than SW (61.5 vs. 21.1).
Age of onset for SRED was
higher and occurred mostly in
adulthood (mean age= 33 years).
The frequency of nocturnal
