… with subspecialty training in behavioral neurology and sleep medicine. He is interested in the clinical, … including Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body disease, REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), frontotemporal lobar …

… Vaou is a neurologist specialized in movement disorders and sleep medicine with a particular interest in exercise and … by the Parkinson’s Foundation), deep brain stimulation and sleep medicine.  …

… Objective/Rationale: Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a sleep disorder that presents with dream-enactments (vigorous movements, speech) during REM sleep. Patients with RBD frequently develop …

… Linda “I’ve hurt myself falling out of bed, while still asleep, and that is what scared my wife,” says Otis Peeples, … sergeant living in Chicago, Illinois. After having these sleep issues for some time, his wife, Linda, encouraged Otis to see a doctor to understand what was going on. A sleep study confirmed he had REM sleep behavior disorder …

… symptom. It can feel both physical and mental, from lack of sleep as well as from apathy , another common symptom. Pain from symptoms like rigidity can make falling asleep more difficult. Insomnia is also common with … make tiredness during the day worse. Insomnia and daytime sleepiness can also be side effects of Parkinson’s …

… 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 …