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Increased Motor Activity During REM Sleep Is Linked with Dopamine Function in Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson Disease.

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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by impaired motor inhibition during REM sleep, and dream-enacting behavior. RBD is especially associated with α-synucleinopathies, such as Parkinson disease (PD). Follow-up studies have shown that patients with

Effectiveness of pramipexole, a dopamine agonist, on rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder.

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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is parasomnia characterized by REM sleep without atonia (RWA) and elaborate motor activity in association with dream mentation. Periodic leg movement during sleep (PLMS) is observed in a large share of patients with RBD, suggesting a common

Sleepwalking in patients with Parkinson disease.

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OBJECTIVE To report the occurrence of adult-onset (de novo) sleepwalking in a series of 6 patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS Case series. METHODS Outpatient clinic for movement disorders. METHODS Of 165 consecutive patients with PD seen for 2 years, 6 patients with adult-onset

Sleep disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease: epidemiology and management.

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Patients with Parkinson's disease can experience a number of sleep disorders, including insomnia, parasomnias and daytime somnolence [specifically, excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and sleep attacks]. Insomnia is a frequent and important complaint of patients with the disease. Both the pathology

Neurodegenerative Disease and REM Behavior Disorder.

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UNASSIGNED Patients with cerebral degenerative conditions commonly suffer from a variety of sleep disorders, including sleep-disordered breathing, insomnia, parasomnias (REM sleep behavior disorder), circadian rhythm disturbances, and restless legs syndrome. When these sleep disorders go

Prospective memory impairment in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder.

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OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to investigate if prospective memory (PM) is impaired in idiopathic rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (iRBD). RBD is a parasomnia characterized by dream enactment and by REM sleep without muscle atonia. iRBD is considered as the initial stage

NREM sleep arousal-related disorders reflect cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

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Background: Sleep disorders and cognitive impairment are frequently reported in Parkinson's disease (PD) as non-motor disabling symptoms. While it is known that REM sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD) in PD is associated with motor and

Drug-induced nightmares.

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OBJECTIVE To compile and assess the English-language literature on drug-induced nightmares, excluding nightmares secondary to drug withdrawal or drug-associated night terrors. METHODS Published articles, letters, case reports, and abstracts in English were identified by MEDLINE (1966-May 1998)

The neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's disease.

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The neuropsychiatry of Parkinson's disease (PD) and its correlates are reviewed. Dementia occurs in up to 30% and can be treated with cholinesterase inhibitors. Cognitive impairments involve executive, visuospatial, attentional, and memory dysfunctions. Apathy may respond to dopamine agonists or

Treatment of sleep-related eating disorder.

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UNASSIGNED Sleep-related eating disorder (SRED) is classified as an NREM-related parasomnia characterized by recurrent episodes of dysfunctional eating that occur after an arousal from the main sleep period with partial or complete amnesia for the event, resulting in weight gain from eating high

Optimization of levodopa therapy.

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While there is no single correct starting dose for levodopa therapy, many individuals can be started on either the 25/100 or controlled-release formula, following the general rule not to attempt to titrate carbidopa-levodopa to the point of "normality," which can lead to toxicity. The physician

Sleepwalking and sleep terrors in prepubertal children: what triggers them?

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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical presentation and polysomnography of prepubertal children with repetitive sleep terrors and sleepwalking, to compare them with a control group, and to evaluate the treatment of associated sleep disorders. METHODS Patients with complaint of sleep terrors with or

Clinical and Experimental Human Sleep-Wake Pharmacogenetics.

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Sleep and wakefulness are highly complex processes that are elegantly orchestrated by fine-tuned neurochemical changes among neuronal and non-neuronal ensembles, nuclei, and networks of the brain. Important neurotransmitters and neuromodulators regulating the circadian and homeostatic facets of

Medications for the Treatment of Sleep Disorders: An Overview.

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Sleep disorders can be divided into those producing insomnia, those causing daytime sleepiness, and those disrupting sleep. Transient insomnia is extremely common, afflicting up to 80% of the population. Chronic insomnia affects 15% of the population. Benzodiazepines are frequently used to treat

Sleep Disorders and Migraine: Review of Literature and Potential Pathophysiology Mechanisms.

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Migraine shares a complex and poorly understood relationship with sleep. Patients consistently report poor sleep prior to migraine attacks and during them, identifying poor sleep as a migraine trigger. However, anecdotally, sleep is reported to serve a therapeutic role in terminating headache. Are

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