The core body temperature rhythm is altered in progressive supranuclear palsy.
We measured circadian rhythmicity in rectal temperature change and found that the amplitude of body temperature was significantly reduced in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy compared to those with Parkinson disease.
Suzuki
Keisuke
K
Dept. of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Kitakobayashi 880, Mibu, Shimotsuga, Tochigi, Japan. keisuke@dokkyomed.ac.jp
Miyamoto
Tomoyuki
T
Miyamoto
Masayuki
M
Hirata
Koichi
K
D000368:Aged; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013494:Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology