Journal
EPMA JOURNAL
Volume 2, Issue 4, Pages 451-458Publisher
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
DOI: 10.1007/s13167-011-0096-8
Keywords
REM sleep behavior disorde; Parkinson's disease; Multiple system atrophy; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Long-term prediction; Prevention
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REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by dream-enacting behavior and loss of muscle atonia during REM sleep. Idiopathic RBD occurs in the absence of any neurological disease or other possible cause, is male-predominant and its clinical course is generally chronic progressive. Secondary RBD may be related to neurodegenerative disorders such as multiple system atrophy, Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia. Recent long-term prospective studies have shown that 30% to 65% of patients with idiopathic RBD will eventually develop a neurodegenerative disorder with the rate of emergence depending on the length of the follow-up period. RBD may therefore be one of the earliest signs of and/or a long-term predictor for neurodegenerative disorders. Because RBD antecedes the development of these disorders by several years or decades, its recognition may enable the delay or prevention of neurodegenerative disorders through the early application of neuroprotective or disease-modifying therapies in the future.
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