REM sleep without atonia as prodromal marker of Lewy body disease: Fake news or the real deal?

Laís D Rodrigues; Leandro F Oliveira; Carla A Scorza; Monica L Andersen; Sergio Tufik; Josef Finsterer; Fulvio A Scorza

doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.09.017

REM sleep without atonia as prodromal marker of Lewy body disease: Fake news or the real deal?

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2019 Oct:67:34-35. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.09.017. Epub 2019 Sep 16.

Authors

Laís D Rodrigues¹, Leandro F Oliveira¹, Carla A Scorza¹, Monica L Andersen², Sergio Tufik², Josef Finsterer³, Fulvio A Scorza⁴

Affiliations

¹ Disciplina de Neurociência, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
² Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Messerli Institute, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Disciplina de Neurociência, Universidade Federal de São Paulo/Escola Paulista de Medicina (UNIFESP/EPM), São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: scorza@unifesp.br.

PMID: 31621604
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.09.017

Abstract

Dijkstra and collaborators provide interesting and important issue in clinical research addressing REM sleep without atonia as a possible prodromal marker for Lewy body disease, an early finding in Parkinson's disease. Though prodromal studies are relevant, it is also mandatory to consider the causes of mortality of Parkinson's disease once it is stablished, such as Sudden Unexpected Death in Parkinson's Disease.

Keywords: Parkinson's disease; REM sleep; SUDPAR.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Lewy Body Disease*
Muscle Hypotonia
Parkinson Disease*
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder*
Sleep, REM