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REM sleep behavior disorder and REM sleep without atonia in probable Alzheimer disease
Gagnon JF, Petit D, Fantini ML, Rompré S, Gauthier S, Panisset M, Robillard A, Montplaisir J.. Sleep, 2006-10-01
Topic: Amyloid, tau and blood-test diagnosis
Study objective To determine the frequency of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and REM sleep without atonia among patients with Alzheimer disease and control subjects. Design Overnight polysomnography. Settings Sleep laboratory. Patients Fifteen patients with probable Alzheimer disease (mean age +/-SD, 70.2+/-5.6) and 15 age-matched healthy control subjects (mean age +/- SD, 67.9 +/-5.4). Intervention N/A. Results Four patients with Alzheimer disease presented REM sleep with-out atonia. One of these patients had all the polysomnographic features of RBD, including behavioral manifestations during REM sleep. Conclusion RBD is rare, but REM sleep without atonia is relatively fre-quent in patients with probable Alzheimer disease, a tauopathy.
Key findings
- Results Four patients with Alzheimer disease presented REM sleep with-out atonia.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 36/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 21 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 36 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Sleep) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2006 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 17068986) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 21 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 21 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 36 out of 100. |
| Total | 36 / 100 | — |
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Gagnon, J. F., Petit, D., Fantini, M. L., Rompré, S., Gauthier, S., Panisset, M., et al. (2006). REM sleep behavior disorder and REM sleep without atonia in probable Alzheimer disease. Sleep. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/29.10.1321
Vancouver
Gagnon JF, Petit D, Fantini ML, Rompré S, Gauthier S, Panisset M, et al. REM sleep behavior disorder and REM sleep without atonia in probable Alzheimer disease. Sleep. 2006. doi:10.1093/sleep/29.10.1321. PMID: 17068986.
BibTeX
@article{gagnon2006-17068986,
author = {Gagnon, J. F. and Petit, D. and Fantini, M. L. and Rompré, S. and Gauthier, S. and Panisset, M. and Robillard, A. and Montplaisir, J.},
title = {{REM sleep behavior disorder and REM sleep without atonia in probable Alzheimer disease}},
journal = {Sleep},
year = {2006},
doi = {10.1093/sleep/29.10.1321},
pmid = {17068986},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/29.10.1321}
}
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