Journal article
REM Alpha Rhythm: Diagnostic for Narcolepsy?
Journal of clinical neurophysiology, Vol.23(3), pp.254-257
06/2006
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnp.0000201085.90977.60
PMID: 16751726
Abstract
A young man, in whom narcolepsy was subsequently diagnosed, had the simultaneous onset of quadriparesis and a rapid eye movement (REM)-sleep polysomnographic pattern. During this REM-sleep pattern, a waking alpha EEG rhythm, appearing when he was asked to close his eyes, immediately attenuated when he was instructed to open his eyes, after which the REM-sleep pattern persisted. The juxtaposition of REM sleep patterns and reactive alpha rhythms are likely unique to sleep paralysis and may prove valuable in diagnosing narcolepsy.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- REM Alpha Rhythm: Diagnostic for Narcolepsy?
- Creators
- Mark Dyken - Department of Neurology, Sleep Disorders Center, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.AEvan WengerThoru Yamada
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical neurophysiology, Vol.23(3), pp.254-257
- DOI
- 10.1097/01.wnp.0000201085.90977.60
- PMID
- 16751726
- ISSN
- 0736-0258
- eISSN
- 1537-1603
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/2006
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Record Identifier
- 9984020870802771
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