title: Rapid eye movement sleep parasomnias.
abstract: The recognition of RBD has shed additional scientific light on the "bumps in the night"; expanded knowledge of states of being and state dissociation; opened up new areas of research on brain and mind dysfunction during sleep; expanded knowledge of various neurologic disorders, particularly narcolepsy and parkinsonism; and reaffirmed the vital link between basic research and clinical medicine. Moreover, the safe and effective treatment of RBD with clonazepam is especially gratifying.
authors.affiliation: Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA. schen010@umn.edu
authors.forename: Carlos H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Schenck
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Mahowald
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001132:Arm / Q000294:innervation; D002680:Chin / Q000294:innervation; D002998:Clonazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004325:Dreams; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004576:Electromyography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation; D017286:Polysomnography; D020923:REM Sleep Parasomnias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002998:Clonazepam