Daytime sleep latency in medication-matched Parkinsonian patients with and without sudden onset of sleep.
Currently, it is unclear whether sleep attacks in Parkinson's disease (PD) represent a novel entity or just a phenomenon of daytime sleepiness. We investigated 10 PD patients with sleep attacks and compared them with 10 PD patients without any daytime sleepiness. The patients were matched according to their dopaminergic medication and subjected to a sleep medical investigation. The mean sleep latency on the multiple sleep latency test was in the normal range and not significantly different between the groups. These data suggest that sleep attacks can occur against a background of normal alertness.
Möller
J Carsten
JC
Department of Neurology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany. moellerc@staff.uni-marburg.de
Rethfeldt
Mira
M
Körner
Yvonne
Y
Stiasny-Kolster
Karin
K
Cassel
Werner
W
Meindorfner
Charlotte
C
Rissling
Ida
I
Krüger
Hans-Peter
HP
Oertel
Wolfgang H
WH
D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006970:Disorders of Excessive Somnolence / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages
D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D007980:Levodopa