The prevalence and characteristics of REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) in patients taking antidepressants

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 351-355

  Lee, Kenneth ^a   Baron, Kelly ^a   Soca, Rodolfo ^a   Attarian, Hrayr ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; REM sleep behavior disorder; REM sleep without atonia; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; DESVENLAFAXINE; DULOXETINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; REM SLEEP; REM SLEEP WITHOUT ATONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN AND NORADRENALINE REUPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84962115437     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5582     Document Type: Article

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