Testosterone not associated with violent dreams or REM sleep behavior disorder in men with Parkinson's.
We examined the relationship between testosterone levels, violent dreams, and REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) in 31 men with Parkinson's disease (PD): 12 with clinical RBD and 19 without. All PD patients with clinical RBD experienced violent dreams, but none of the 19 non-RBD patients reported violent dreams. While dream content appears to be more aggressive in PD patients with clinical RBD, the presence of violent dreams or clinical RBD is not associated with testosterone levels in men with PD.
Chou
Kelvin L
KL
NeuroHealth Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Warwick, Rhode Island 02886, USA. kelvin_chou@brown.edu
Moro-De-Casillas
Maria L
ML
Amick
Melissa M
MM
Borek
Leora L
LL
Friedman
Joseph H
JH
D000368:Aged; D004325:Dreams; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D017286:Polysomnography; D020187:REM Sleep Behavior Disorder / Q000209:etiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism*
D013739:Testosterone