Study on mechanism of sleep disorders associated with Parkinson's disease
- VernacularTitle:帕金森病患者睡眠障碍发病机制的研究
- Author:
jia-ying, WU
;
lin, LI
;
zhen-guo, LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Parkinson's disease;
sleep disorders;
mechanism
- From:Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Medical Science)
2006;0(08):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Sleep disorders are commonly occurred among patients with Parkinson's disease,such as difficulties in the initiation of sleep,fragmented sleep,sleep behavior disorder and excessive daytime sleepiness.The mechanism of sleep disorders associated with Parkinson's disease is not clear,which may be associated with the injury of brain stem,nuclei of median raphe,nuclei fasciculi solitarii,thalamencephalon and the changes of neurotransmitters as dopamine,hypocretin(orexin) and melatonin.This article gives an overview of the mechanism of sleep disorders associated with Parkinson's disease.
