2017
Altered Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Boucetta S, Montplaisir J, Zadra A, Lachapelle F, Soucy J, Gravel P, Dang-Vu T. Altered Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Idiopathic Hypersomnia. Sleep 2017, 40: zsx140. PMID: 28958044, DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsx140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegional cerebral blood flowCerebral blood flowIdiopathic hypersomniaBlood flowMedial prefrontal cortexSingle photon emissionDaytime sleepinessAltered regional cerebral blood flowRegional cerebral blood flow distributionRegional cerebral blood flow changesCerebral blood flow decreasesRegional cerebral blood flow decreasesCerebral blood flow distributionPrefrontal cortexCerebral blood flow changesBlood flow decreaseBrain perfusion patternsExcessive daytime sleepinessEye movement sleepBlood flow changesBlood flow distributionTemporo-occipital cortexAcute sleep deprivationPhoton emissionPosterior cingulate cortex
2006
Assessing whole brain perfusion changes in patients with REM sleep behavior disorder
Mazza S, Soucy J, Gravel P, Michaud M, Postuma R, Massicotte-Marquez J, Decary A, Montplaisir J. Assessing whole brain perfusion changes in patients with REM sleep behavior disorder. Neurology 2006, 67: 1618-1622. PMID: 17101893, DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000242879.39415.49.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBrainBrain StemCerebral ArteriesCerebral CortexCerebrovascular CirculationCorpus StriatumCysteineFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeurodegenerative DiseasesOrganotechnetium CompoundsParkinson DiseasePolysomnographyPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisREM Sleep Behavior DisorderTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonConceptsREM behavior disorderBehavior disorderCerebral blood flow evaluationREM sleep behavior disorderIdiopathic REM behavior disorderSleep behavior disorderBrain perfusion changesRegional cerebral perfusionBlood flow evaluationAge-matched controlsTemporo-parietal cortexCerebral perfusionDecreased perfusionPerfusion changesPerfusional abnormalitiesRight hippocampusParkinson's diseasePatientsMetabolic profilePerfusionDisordersAbnormalitiesCortexFlow evaluationBrainstem