Rapid eye movement sleep disorder or RBD does not have a cause and is commonly shown in elderly people, but can be diagnosed at any age. Rapid eye movement sleep behavioral disorder is abnormal behavior occurring in the night, which is based on pieces of dreams. There were 20 male participants who have been diagnosed with idiopathic RBD. For a control group, seven healthy elderly men were included. The mean age for the experimental group was 63.4 years and 77.4 years for the control group. Cerebral SPECT, or single-proton emission computed tomography, was used to define abnormalities in the brain. It more or less, takes a snapshot of the brain. It was performed on both groups during the night. The SPECT was performed on the upper portion of the frontal lobe, middle portion of the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe, corpus striatum, thalamus, pons, and cerebellum of the right hemisphere. After conducting cranial MRI scans, atrophy of the frontal lobe in nine patients of the RBD group and in five patients of the control group. There was a significant decrease in blood flow in the upper portion of the frontal lobe on both hemispheres and the pons. The results of this study indicate a close relationship between rapid eye movement sleep disorder and Parkinson’s disease. My grandfather has Parkinson’s disease, and rapid eye movement has been proven to be a precursor to the disease. And to this day, there is no known cause and no cure. I wonder if this information had been readily available when my grandfather was first diagnosed Parkinson’s disease, that maybe his symptoms would be more under control.
SHIRAKAWA, S., TAKEUCHI, N., UCHIMURA, N., OHYAMA, T., MAEDA, H., ABE, T., & ... OHSHIMA, H. (2002). Study of image findings in rapid eye movement sleep behavioural disorder. Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 56(3), 291-292. doi:10.1046/j.1440-1819.2002.00961.x
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