REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson’s disease: A case from India confirmed with polysomnographic data

Address for correspondence: Dr. Ravi Gupta Department of Psychiatry and Sleep Clinic, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences Swami Ram Nagar, Doiwala, Dehradun, Uttarakhand India sleepdoc.ravi@gmail.com

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

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ABSTRACT

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder is a condition characterized by dream enactment. This condition may accompany neurodegenerative disorders. However, only a few reports from India are available, that too, without any polysomnographic evidence. We are reporting a case of REM sleep behavior disorder with polysomnographic evidence.

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Parkinson’s diasease

polysomnography

REM sleep behavior disorder

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[1] Van Den Eeden S. K., Tanner C. M., Bernstein A. L., Fross R. D., Leimpeter A, Bloch D. A., et al . Incidence of parkinson’s disease: Variation by age, gender, and race/ethnicity. Am J Epidemiol. 2003;11:1015-22.
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[2] Wolters E. C., . Non-motor extranigral signs and symptoms in Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2009;15:S6-12. Suppl 3
[Google Scholar]

[3] Suzuki K, Miyamato M, Iwanami M, Hirata K, . Sleep disturbances associated with Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsons Dis 2011 (2011): [About 10 p.]. Available from [Last cited in 2012 May 25]
[Publisher] [Google Scholar]

[4] Yong M. H., Fook-Chong S, Pavanni R, Lim L. L., Tan E. K., . Case control polysomnographic studies of sleep disorders in parkinson’s disease. PLoS One. 2011;6:e22511. Available from [Last cited in 2012 May 25]
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[5] Menza M, Dobkin R. D., Marin H, Bienfait K, . Sleep disturbances in parkinson’s disease. Mov Disord. 2010;25:S117-22. Suppl 1
[Google Scholar]

[6] Postuma R. B., Gagnon J. F., Rompre S, Montplaisir J, . Severity of REM atonia loss in idiopathic REM behaviour disorder predicts Parkinson’s disease. Neurology. 2010;74:239-44.
[Google Scholar]

[7] American Academy of Sleep Medicine , . International classification of sleep disorders.Diagnostic and coding manual. (2 nd ed). In: Westchester, Illinois: American Academy of Sleep Medicine; 2005.
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[8] Bharucha N. E., Bharucha E. P., Bharucha A. E., Bhise A. V., Schoenberg B. S., . Prevalence of Parkinson’s disease in the Parsi community of Bombay, India. Arch Neurol. 1988;45:1321-3.
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[9] Vibha D, Shukla G, Goyal V, Singh S, Srivastava A. K., Behari M, . RBD in Parkinson’s disease: A clinical case control study from North India. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2011;113:472-6.
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[10] Iber C, Ancoli-Israel S, Chesson A, Quan S. F., . The AASM manual for the scoring of sleep and associated events: Rules, terminology, and technical specification. editors Westchester, IL: American Academy of Sleep Medicine; 2007.
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[11] Boeve B. F., . REM sleep behavior disorder: Updated review of core features, the RBD-neurodegenerative disease association, evolving concepts, controversies and future direction. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2010;1184:15-54.
[Google Scholar]

[12] Bliwise D. L., Rye D. B., . Elevated PEM (phasic electromyographic metric) rates identify rapid eye movement behavior disorder patients on nights without behavioral abnormalities. Sleep. 2008;31:853-7.
[Google Scholar]

[13] Postuma R. B., Gagnon J. F., Vendette M, Charland K, Montplaisir J, . REM sleep behaviour disorder in Parkinson’s disease is associated with specific motor features. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008;79:1117-21.
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[14] Claassen D. O., Josephs K. A., Ahlskog J. E., Silber M. H., Tippmann-Peikert M, Boeve B. F., . REM sleep behavior disorder preceding other aspects of synucleinopathies by up to half a century. Neurology. 2010;75:494-9.
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[15] Bugalho P, da Silva J. A., Neto B, . Clinical features associated with REM sleep behavior disorder symptoms in the early stages of Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol. 2011;258:50-5.
[Google Scholar]

[16] Trotti L. M., . REM sleep behaviour disorder in older individuals: Epidemiology, pathophysiology and management. Drugs Aging. 2010;27:457-70.
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[17] Aurora R. N., Zak R. S., Maganti R. K., Auerbach S. H., Casey K. R., Chowdhuri S, et al. Standards of Practice Committee , American Academy of Sleep Medicine , . Best practice guide for the treatment of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) J Clin Sleep Med. 2010;6:85-95.
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[Google Scholar]