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

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 178-181

  Sasai, Taeko ^a,b,c   Inoue, Yuichi ^a,b   Matsuura, Masato ^c  

^a NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic function; Periodic leg movements; Pramipexole; REM sleep behavior disorder; REM sleep without atonia

Indexed keywords

PRAMIPEXOLE; BENZOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PRAMIPEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHTMARE; NOCTURNAL POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASOMNIA; PILOT STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP PATTERN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT DURATION; AROUSAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP STAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AROUSAL; BENZOTHIAZOLES; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP STAGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857311905     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.226.177     Document Type: Article

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