REM sleep behaviour disorder: Clinical profiles and pathophysiology

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 293-300

  Paparrigopoulos, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA; CLONAZEPAM; CLONIDINE; CLOZAPINE; DONEPEZIL; GABAPENTIN; MELATONIN; PRAMIPEXOLE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRIAZOLAM; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN STEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NIGHTMARE; PANIC; PARASOMNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SLEEP WALKING; SYMPTOM; VIDEORECORDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 21744435795     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260500104540     Document Type: Review

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