A potential genetic cause for a severe sleep disorder that is closely linked to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s has been found by researchers at the University of Toronto.
The sleeping disorder, called rapid-eye-movement sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), causes people to move violently during dreaming (REM) sleep, potentially hurting themselves or others. Between 60 and 80 per cent of people with RBD develop a neurodegenerative disease later in life.
Understanding RBD could have direct implications for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
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