Challenging the myth of REM sleep behavior disorder: no evidence of heightened aggressiveness in dreams

A D'Agostino, R Manni, I Limosani, M Terzaghi… - Sleep medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Dreams are commonly described as violent, threatening, and aggressive in
patients with REM behavior disorder (RBD), but very few studies have directly investigated …

Dreaming and nightmares in REM sleep behavior disorder.

I Godin, J Montplaisir, T Nielsen - Dreaming, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Though central to the sometimes injurious behaviors of REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD),
the dreams and nightmares experienced by these patients remain largely unstudied. The …

Aggressiveness in the dreams of drug-naïve and clonazepam-treated patients with isolated REM sleep behavior disorder

S Cavallotti, HC Stein, M Savarese, M Terzaghi… - Sleep Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Although aggressive dream content is considered a distinctive feature of REM
Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) and patients often report violent dreams during medical …

Aggressive dream content without daytime aggressiveness in REM sleep behavior disorder

ML Fantini, A Corona, S Clerici, L Ferini-Strambi - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
Background: REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is characterized by vigorous sleep motor
activity associated with dream mentation. Patients with RBD frequently report action-filled …

[HTML][HTML] REM sleep behavior disorder: updated review of the core features, the RBD-neurodegenerative disease association, evolving concepts, controversies, and …

BF Boeve - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia manifested by
vivid, often frightening dreams associated with simple or complex motor behavior during …

Prevalence and predictors of mood disturbances in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder

NKH Chiu, KA Ehgoetz Martens… - Journal of Sleep …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Depression and anxiety are commonly associated with synucleinopathies. Mood
disturbances have also been reported in patients with idiopathic REM sleep behaviour …

Gender differences in REM sleep behavior disorder: a clinical and polysomnographic study in China

J Zhou, J Zhang, Y Li, L Du, Z Li, F Lei, YK Wing… - Sleep Medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) has been considered
a male-predominant parasomnia, and there is little comparative data on potential differences …

A new view of “dream enactment” in REM sleep behavior disorder

MS Blumberg, AM Plumeau - Sleep medicine reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Patients with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) exhibit increased muscle tone and
exaggerated myoclonic twitching during REM sleep. In addition, violent movements of the …

[HTML][HTML] Depressed REM sleep behavior disorder patients are less likely to recall enacted dreams than non-depressed ones

HG Lee, JW Choi, YJ Lee, DU Jeong - Psychiatry Investigation, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is associated with psychiatric symptoms, such
as anxiety and alexithymia. However, only a few studies on the relationship between …

Idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder: toward a better nosologic definition

ML Fantini, L Ferini-Strambi, J Montplaisir - Neurology, 2005 - AAN Enterprises
REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by a lack of motor
inhibition during REM sleep leading to potentially harmful dream-enacting behaviors. RBD …