Publications by authors named "Grace Tabatabai"
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) and its links to neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on gender differences and younger adults, which are less explored compared to older males.
- - Researchers followed 372 participants (186 women and 186 men with iRBD), finding that women were diagnosed at a younger age than men and that over 12% converted to a neurodegenerative disorder within roughly 6 years.
- - Key findings indicate that older age at diagnosis is a significant factor for phenoconversion risk, with lower risk observed in those using antidepressants or having chronic pain, while higher risk was noted in individuals with vascular issues.
In the United States (U.S.), newborn screening (NBS) for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is implemented by individual states.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To determine whether quantitative polysomnographic REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) distinguishes between cognitive impairment phenotypes.
Background: Neurodegenerative cognitive impairment in older adults predominantly correlates with tauopathy or synucleinopathy. Accurate antemortem phenotypic diagnosis has important prognostic and treatment implications; additional clinical tools might distinguish between dementia syndromes.
Accurate antemortem diagnosis of parkinsonism is primarily based on clinical evaluation with limited biomarkers. We evaluated the diagnostic utility of quantitative rapid eye movement (REM) sleep without atonia analysis in the submentalis and anterior tibialis muscles in parkinsonian patients (53 synucleinopathy, 24 tauopathy). Receiver operating characteristic curves determined REM sleep without atonia cutoffs distinguishing synucleinopathies from tauopathies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImplantation rates of hypoglossal nerve stimulators, such as INSPIRE, are increasing. The device is still in its early stages of complication reporting, which to date includes implant related infection requiring device removal, and stimulation lead cuff dislodgement requiring replacement. Here we present a 48-year-old female who experienced generator migration and stimulator lead tension requiring an additional operation in order to resecure the generator device.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Objectives: REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is associated with antidepressant treatment, especially in younger patients; but quantitative REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) analyses of psychiatric RBD patients remain limited. We analyzed RSWA in adults receiving antidepressants, with and without RBD.
Design: We comparatively analyzed visual, manual, and automated RSWA between RBD and control groups.