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Article: Can dreaming unfreeze Parkinson's disease? A study of patients with both Parkinson's disease and REM sleep behavior disorder demonstrated that the movements seen during an episode of acting out a dream may actually appear to be relatively normal.
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- Sleep Review
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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Parkinson's disease has become better known to the general public through awareness of the disease in famous people such as Michael J. Fox. Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by a loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra in the midbrain. The hallmark symptoms are bradykinesia, rigidity, and resting tremor. However, it is commonly known that disturbances of sleep also may be seen in these patients. People with Parkinson's disease suffer from insomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep attacks, nightmares, periodic limb movement in sleep, restless legs syndrome, obstructive sleep apnea ...