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R S Turner1, C J D'Amato, R D Chervin, M Blaivas.
Abstract
A patient with REM sleep behavior disorder who subsequently developed probable Lewy body dementia is now reported to have a definite pathologic diagnosis of Lewy body dementia. Examination of brain revealed Lewy bodies as well as marked neuronal loss in brainstem monoaminergic nuclei-particularly locus coeruleus and substantia nigra-that inhibit cholinergic neurons in the pedunculopontine nucleus mediating atonia during REM sleep.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 11113232 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.55.11.1730
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurology ISSN: 0028-3878 Impact factor: 9.910