Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a sleep disorder in which you act out dreams during REM sleep. Sleep disturbances are very common in RBD, where they negatively impact patients' quality of life and safety. One of the known causes of sleep disturbance is the impairment of the "circadian rhythm", or the human sleep/wake cycle. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of disruption of the circadian rhythm in the development of RBD.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
30
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Circadian Amplitude
amplitude and area under the curve (AUC) of serum melatonin and clock gene expression
Time frame: Study Day 17-18
REM Sleep Phenomena
REM (rapid eye movement) sleep duration, REM Index, and EMG (electromyographic) activity) assessed via overnight Polysomnography
Time frame: Study Day 16-17
Objective Daytime Sleepiness
MSLT (Multiple Sleep Latency Test) assessed via Polysomnography
Time frame: Study Day 17
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