REM sleep behavior disorder: From dreams to neurodegeneration

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 553-558

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

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lewy body dementia; Neuroprotection; Parkinson's disease; Prediction; REM sleep behavior disorder

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; FLUOXETINE; MELATONIN; PAROXETINE; SERTRALINE; SYNUCLEIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BEDTIME DOSAGE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DREAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASOMNIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMELLING DISORDER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84860834208     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2011.10.003     Document Type: Review

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