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Bad Dreams and Parkinson’s Disease
June 9, 2022
… Sleep is a commonly discussed topic in the Parkinson’s … Many people with Parkinson’s also have nightmares or other sleep problems, such as trouble falling or staying asleep or acting out dreams (yelling, kicking, punching or …
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(SUPPLEMENT) Enhancing Brain Clearance Mechanisms to Limit Parkinson Disease Progression
… grant builds upon the research from a prior grant: Using Sleep Modulation to Enhance the Brain’s Waste Clearance … mechanisms. Linked to this finding is the fact that sleep disruptions are common in people with Parkinson’s, … disease to investigate how enhancing a particular phase of sleep can promote natural brain clearance pathways, …
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Photoreceptor-Directed Light Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease
… Study Rationale: Non-motor symptoms including sleep disturbances are common and enormously impact quality of life in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Sleep disruption affects motor function and can occur before … provide the main light signal to the brain for initiating sleep are impaired in PD. Selectively illuminating these …
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Photoreceptor-directed Light Therapy in Parkinson’s Disease
… Study Rationale: Non-motor symptoms including sleep disturbances are common and enormously impact on the quality of life in people with Parkinson’s disease. Sleep disruption affects motor function and can occur before … provide the main light signal to the brain for initiating sleep, are impaired in PD. Selectively illuminating these …
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Yo-El S. Ju, MD, MSCI
… Yo-El S. Ju is a neurologist with subspecialty training in sleep medicine. Her research interests focus on the bidirectional relationship between sleep and neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer’s … Stage 2 (NAPS2) U19 protocol focused on REM sleep behavior disorder as a prodromal condition with a high …
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Ghrelin - a Peripheral, Preclinical Biomarker for Parkinson's Disease
… as well as between healthy controls and patients with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) - a sleep disorder that confers a high risk to develop PD. … affected in PD (gastro-intestinal tract, mood, cognition, sleep, etc.). Proof of an early disturbance in the ghrelin …