A lesson from anatomy: Focal brain lesions causing REM sleep behavior disorder

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-12

  Iranzo, Alex ^a   Aparicio, Javier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE ATONIA; NARCOLEPSY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASOMNIA; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS;

EID: 58149337548     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.03.005     Document Type: Editorial

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