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Sleep & Neurocognitive Performance
With Mathias Basner, MD, PhD, MSc
March/April 2019—A daily adequate dose of healthy sleep is the most effective performance enhancement on the planet.
Sleep & Traumatic Brain Injury
With Michael S. Jaffee, MD, FAAN
March/April 2019—Sleep disorders are a common symptom of traumatic brain injury and treating them is also part of promoting recovery.
Update on Treating Sleep Disorders
Tyler M. Pugeda, BA; Charlene E. Gamaldo, MD, FAAN, FAASM; and Rachel Marie E. Salas, MD, MEdHP, FAAN
March/April 2019—New treatments hold promise of increasing efficacy with precision medicine.
Movement Disorders Moment: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder
Ahmad Alsibai, MD; and Jill M. Giordano Farmer, DO
March/April 2019—This sleep disorder is a strong predictor for the development of synucleinopathies, including Parkinson’s disease, multiple system atrophy, and dementia with Lewy bodies.
“Recovery Sleep” on Weekend Does Not Make Up for Lost Sleep During the Week
Monday, March 18, 2019— Research published in Current Biologyshows that sleeping on the weekends to make up for lost sleep during the week has no beneficial effect for adults. In this …
New Drug Application Accepted for Lemborexant for Treatment of Insomnia
Tuesday, March 12, 2019—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted a New Drug Application (NDA) for lemborexant (Eisai, Woodcliff Lake, NJ). Lemborexant is novel small molecule being investigate…
Motor Function in Persons with REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Predictive of Conversion to Parkinson’s Disease
Tuesday, March 05, 2019—In a large multicenter study of 1,280 patients diagnosed with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD), published in Brain, patients’ scores on motor …
Pitolisant New Drug Application Granted Priority Review
Wednesday, February 13, 2019—Pitolisant (Harmony Biosciences; Plymouth Meeting, PA), an investigational drug being studied for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness and/or cataplexy in patients wi…
