Cognition in REM sleep behavior disorder - A window into preclinical dementia?

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 341-342

  Postuma, Ronald B ^a,b   Gagnon, Jean Francois ^b   Montplaisir, Jacques ^b  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; CLONAZEPAM; MELATONIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DREAMING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARASOMNIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 43449125885     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.08.001     Document Type: Editorial

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