Antidepressants Increase REM Sleep Muscle Tone in Patients with and without REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Author(s) -
Stuart J. McCarter,
Erik K. St. Louis,
David J. Sandness,
K. Arndt,
Maia K. Erickson,
Grace Tabatabai,
Bradley F. Boeve,
Michael H. Silber
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.4738
Subject(s) - antidepressant , psychiatry , rem sleep behavior disorder , depression (economics) , psychology , rapid eye movement sleep , medicine , polysomnography , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics , apnea , electroencephalography
REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is associated with antidepressant treatment, especially in younger patients; but quantitative REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) analyses of psychiatric RBD patients remain limited. We analyzed RSWA in adults receiving antidepressants, with and without RBD.
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