ATDTDA (17): Hotel Noctambulo (462.33)

[Tim Strzechowski]

"He found a ramshackle old hotel a block square, the Hotel Noctambulo, where insomnia prevailed" (p. 462).


Noc·tam·bu·lo
n. 

A noctambulist; a sleepwalker. [Obs.]

http://www.answers.com/topic/noctambulo
 
Constructed from the Latin "nocturnus" (by night, nightly, nocturnal) + "ambulo" (to walk)

[...] is a Sleep Disorder characterized by walking or other activity while seemingly still asleep.  Sleepwalking (Somnambulism) is a series of complex behaviors that are initiated during slow wave sleep and result in walking during sleep.  Sleepwalking is a rapid eye movement (REM) behavior disorder occurring in the dream stage of sleep. During this phase, the body releases a chemical that paralyzes the body. However, those who sleepwalk do not have this chemical trigger, hence the behavior. [...]

http://www.crescentlife.com/disorders/sleepwalking.htm

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro99/web1/Howard.html
 
 
And this blogger:
 
http://pastoralportuguesa.blogspot.com/2006/12/hotel-noctmbulo.html