REM ocular activity in Parkinsonian patients chronically treated with levodopa
- 1 March 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal Of Neural Transmission-Parkinsons Disease and Dementia Section
- Vol. 47 (1) , 61-67
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01256640
Abstract
REM ocular activity of levodopa treated Parkinsonian patients was compared to REM ocular activity of normal young adults. REM densities were significantly higher in patients than in normal controls. This difference was most prominent after 10 min of REM sleep. Previous findings that levodopa treated patients reported unusually vivid and detailed dreams suggest that increase in REM ocular activity is underlying the new dreaming experiences.Keywords
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