Rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder and striatal dopamine depletion in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Su Jin ChungY LeeJ J LeeP H LeeY H Sohn

Published in: European journal of neurology (2017)

These results demonstrated that the presence of RBD in patients with PD is associated with different patterns of both motor deficit distribution and striatal DAT depletion, suggesting that the presence of RBD represents a distinct PD subtype with a malignant motor parkinsonism.

Keyphrases

parkinson disease
functional connectivity
deep brain stimulation
physical activity
sleep quality
loop mediated isothermal amplification
metabolic syndrome
depressive symptoms