Benzodiazepines decrease the overall time spent in stage N3 and REM sleep, making them useful for treating night terrors and sleepwalking, which occur during these sleep phases.

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  Physiology, Sleep Stages - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf - NIH

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• benzodiazepines concept
• sleep terrors concept
• sleepwalking concept
• REM sleep concept