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Parkinson’s Disease and Acting Out Your Dreams (Ask the MD Podcast)
March 30, 2022
… Acting out dreams — yelling, kicking or punching during sleep — is called REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). RBD can, in some people, be …
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Arjun Balachandar, MD
… such as using machine learning to develop tools to detect sleep from deep brain activity in deep brain stimulation … undertreated facets of Parkinson’s disease such as gait and sleep disorders and using new neural recording technology …
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My Research Journey: I Don’t Have Parkinson’s, but I’m Helping Researchers Get to the Bottom of It
March 10, 2022
… REM sleep behavior disorder, or RBD. I never expected it. My wife, Holly, noticed that I was acting out my dreams. I … I had RBD, it was reassuring to know that what I’d been experiencing had a name and treatment plan that seemed … gone through a battery of tests, including an MRI, but it hasn’t been difficult. I would encourage anyone to do it, …
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Ask the MD: Using your day-to-day for a better day with Parkinson’s
… my medicine? The answer: Move as much as possible, eat and sleep as best you can, connect with others in meaningful … eating well; getting exercise, sunlight and a good night’s sleep; and more — are the foundation of health. They’re also … New York Watch an Ask the MD video for more . Quality sleep Seven to nine hours of sleep per night is ideal, …
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Recruitment is on for PPMI's New Pre-Motor Cohort
June 5, 2013
… PD: reduced sense of smell (hyposmia); rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD); and a mutation in the LRRK2 … smell survey RBD: Many people with Parkinson’s have trouble sleeping. One particular sleep disorder that is associated with PD called REM Sleep …
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What Might Early Parkinson’s Look Like?
March 18, 2015
… Institute at Weill Cornell Medical Center, said that REM sleep behavior disorder, characterized by a tendency to act out one’s dreams while asleep, is one of the strongest prediagnostic symptoms, along … Markers Initiative study is observing people with REM sleep behavior disorder and smell loss — among other …