Historical overview of REM sleep behavior disorder in relation to its pathophysiology

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 558-568

  Tachibana, Naoko ^a,b  

^a KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Polysomnography; REM sleep behavior disorder; REM sleep without atonia; Stage 1 REM with tonic EMG; Synucleinopathy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATONIA; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASOMNIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; STROKE; TEGMENTUM; VIOLENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RATS; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 68149152818     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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