title: Movement disorders during sleep in cats and dogs.
abstract: Spontaneous sleep movement disorders in 5 cats and 3 dogs were studied. Objective abnormalities during sleep were confirmed by electrographic or behavioral monitoring techniques in all animals. The cause of the disorder was CNS disease in 3 animals. A cause was not discovered in the other 5 animals, although at necropsy, 2 were found to have thyroid tumors. Many pharmacologic treatments were ineffectual, but trials with the benzodiazepine tranquilizer, clonazepam, suggested it will prove useful in controlling violent movements during rapid-eye-movement sleep.
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hendricks
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lager
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Morrison
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002415:Cats; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004285:Dogs; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012895:Sleep, REM