INTRODUCTION: Excessive daytime sleepiness is a commonly reported clinical feature of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) that can occur early in the disease. Cholinergic depletion is known to be severe in DLB, even when dementia severity is mild. The nucleus basalis of Meynert serves as a primary ...
Sleep architecture can be represented by a graph called a hypnogram. This type of graph shows the peaks and valleys of the sleep stages in each of the four cycles. Short-term disruption of this sequential pattern can lead to sleep deprivation anddaytime sleepiness, while long-term disruption c...
Recently, an international, multidisciplinary PD-NMS group has developed an integrated questionnaire and scale to assess NMS of PD in a comprehensive manner. This will help improve care and treatment of PD in the future. 展开 关键词: Multiple System Atrophy Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Nonmotor ...
Sleep disorders (SDs) are a symptom of the prodromal phase of neurodegenerative disorders that are mechanistically linked to the protein α-synuclein (α-syn) including Parkinson’s disease (PD). SDs during the prodromal phase could result from neurodegeneration induced in state-controlling neurons by...
A variety of daily living activities may be affected secondary to insomnia because of fatigue, tiredness, problems in attention, concentration and memory, and excessive daytime sleepiness, resulting in impairments in school, family, social or working performances, mood disturbances, or behavioral ...
Popular myth among everyone is that turkey is very rich in tryptophan which when consumed during a Thanksgiving Day result in more than usual sleepiness and food coma. This is because tryptophan produces serotonin which is associated with relaxation and sleepiness. However, the amount of tryptophan...
Individuals' sleep quality was determined using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), a device to measure excessive daytime sleepiness.An 18% incidence of diabetes mellitus (1630 cases out of 8816) was observed during a 14-year follow-up period. Sleep duration exhibited a U-shaped pattern in ...
The central symptom of disorders in this category is excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). EDS is characterized in the ICSD-3 as, “inability to stay awake and alert during major waking episodes of the day, resulting in periods of irrepressible need for sleep or unintended lapses into drowsiness ...
As we age, it’s natural to experience some degree of forgetfulness or confusion from time to time. However, when these symptoms become persistent and interfere with everyday activities, they may be a sign of something more serious. Confusion or disorientation is one such symptom that should no...
Which of the following refers to excessive daytime sleepiness and can result from depression, insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, and drug abuse? (a) somnambulism (b) REM behavior disorder (c) hypersomnia (d) sleep-wake schedule disorder. ...