Wendy Merrington's father, uncle and grandmother all lived with dementia. She hopes a study of her sleep will reveal whether she, too, is in danger of developing a neurodegenerative condition or Parkinson's disease.
Sleep scientist Samantha Bramich and researcher Jane Alty are behind theThey hope their findings could help Australians be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease or other neurodegenerative conditions earlier and delay their onset.
"So, it looks like it is an early symptom or neurodegeneration, but we don't know whether there are lifestyle risk factors that can modify this trajectory and hopefully prevent people from going on to develop these disorders. Ms Bramich said the first stage of the research was determining how many Australians actually had REM sleep behaviour disorder.
"We think that factors such as smell loss or changes in sleep patterns can have an impact on the development of dementia and Parkinson's disease so we'd like to have a look at those in our participants and see what we find." Ms Bramich hoped the sleep study research would be completed late in 2024, and then researchers would monitor long-term neurological changes in those with the condition.
"And he flails. His hands go out or he jumps or his legs flick up, but then he settles down and goes straight back to sleep.Mr Stent's case, his REM sleep behaviour disorder diagnosis came years after his Parkinson's one.
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