The Metabolic Pattern of Idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Reflects Early-Stage Parkinson Disease

Conclusion: Our results show that the iRBDRP is an early manifestation of the PDRP. Expression of both PDRP and iRBDRP was higher in patients with a more severe form of PD (PD-MCI), which indicates that expression of the 2 patterns increases with disease severity.

Source: Journal of Nuclear Medicine - September 4, 2018 Category: Nuclear Medicine Authors: Meles, S. K., Renken, R. J., Janzen, A., Vadasz, D., Pagani, M., Arnaldi, D., Morbelli, S., Nobili, F., Mayer, G., Leenders, K. L., Oertel, W. H., the REMPET Study Group Tags: Clinical Source Type: research