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We quantitatively analyzed REM sleep muscle activity in 25 men and 25 women without REM sleep behavior disorder. Higher phasic muscle activity was independently associated with male sex and older age.
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Men and the elderly may be biologically predisposed to altered REM sleep muscle atonia control, possibly underlying the predominance of older men with REM sleep behavior disorder.
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This page is a summary of: Greatest rapid eye movement sleep atonia loss in men and older age, Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, September 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/acn3.93.
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