REM sleep behavior disorder and other sleep abnormalities in p. A53T SNCA mutation carriers

Abstract

RBD occurs in the majority of PD-A53T, in contrast to most other genetic forms of PD, in which RBD is uncommon. The paucity of a sleep disorder in the asymptomatic carriers suggests that such carriers have not yet reached the prodromal phase when such sleep disorders manifest. Hyposmia in almost all subjects with RBD and cognitive decline in most of them are indicative of the general pattern of disease progression, which however is not uniform.