title: Daytime sleep latency in medication-matched Parkinsonian patients with and without sudden onset of sleep.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany. moellerc@staff.uni-marburg.de
authors.forename: J Carsten
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: Mira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rethfeldt
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Körner
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stiasny-Kolster
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cassel
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meindorfner
authors.forename: Ida
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rissling
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Krüger
authors.forename: Wolfgang H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Oertel
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D007980:Levodopa