Effect of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity and Cognition of Parkinson's Disease Patients.

Conclusions: We found that RBD alleviated OSA severity; however, RBD and OSA together exacerbated PD cognitive impairment. Further studies are needed to evaluate whether OSA treatment can improve cognition in PD.
PMID: 29664048 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Chinese Medical Journal - April 18, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Huang JY, Zhang JR, Shen Y, Zhang HJ, Cao YL, Mao CJ, Yang YP, Chen J, Liu CF, Li J Tags: Chin Med J (Engl) Source Type: research