Open AccessAssessment of Sleep Spindle Density among Genetically Positive Spinocerebellar Ataxias Types 1, 2, and 3 Patients
Author(s) -
Doniparthi V. Seshagiri,
Ragasudha Botta,
Arun Sasidharan,
Pramod Kumar Pal,
Sanjeev Jain,
Ravi Yadav,
Bindu M. Kutty
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
annals of neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0976-3260
pISSN - 0972-7531
DOI - 10.1159/000484516
Subject(s) - spinocerebellar ataxia , polysomnography , medicine , significant difference , audiology , pediatrics , disease , apnea
The effect of thalamic degeneration in patients with spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) and sleep spindle (SS) abnormalities has not been studied so far, although there is a strong association between these disorders. This study was done to evaluate and compare the SS densities (SSDs) of genetically proven autosomal dominant SCA1, SCA2 and SCA3 patients with controls.