Differential Circadian Rhythm Disturbances in Men with Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Degeneration | Zendy

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Differential Circadian Rhythm Disturbances in Men with Alzheimer Disease and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Author(s) -

David G. Harper,

Edward G. Stopa,

Ann C. McKee,

Andrew Satlin,

Patricia Harlan,

Rachel Goldstein,

Ladislav Volicer

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

archives of general psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3636

pISSN - 0003-990X

DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.58.4.353

Subject(s) - circadian rhythm , frontotemporal dementia , dementia , rhythm , psychology , lewy body , alzheimer's disease , medicine , dementia with lewy bodies , frontotemporal lobar degeneration , disease , cardiology

Caregiver exhaustion is a frequent consequence of sleep disturbance and rest-activity rhythm disruption that occurs in dementia. This exhaustion is the causal factor most frequently cited by caregivers in making the decision to institutionalize patients with dementia. Recent studies have implicated dysfunction of the circadian pacemaker in the etiology of these disturbances in dementia.

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