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REM sleep behaviour disorder in the elderly
Author(s) -
Chiu Helen F. K.,
Wing Y. K.,
Chung Dicky W. S.,
Ho Crover K. W.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199709)12:9<888::aid-gps656>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - parasomnia , clonazepam , rem sleep behavior disorder , sleep (system call) , pathological , sleep disorder , psychology , neurological disorder , medicine , non rapid eye movement sleep , psychiatry , physical medicine and rehabilitation , polysomnography , central nervous system disease , electroencephalography , neuroscience , insomnia , operating system , computer science
REM sleep behaviour disorder is a recently described parasomnia characterized by a history of excessive motor activities during sleep and is associated with pathological absence of muscle atonia during REM sleep. There is very limited literature on the condition. Two out of 349 elderly patients referred to a psychogeriatric unit were identified to have REM sleep behaviour disorder. These two patients are presented to illustrate the clinical features of the condition. Both of them showed a good response to clonazepam treatment. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.