Bassetti Benninger

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Completed research project

Title / Titel	REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), postural instability and gait dysfunction in Parkinson`s disease: role of the pedunculopontine nucleus
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Summary / Zusammenfassung	To test the hypotheses 1) postural instability, gait disorder and REM-sleep behavioural disorder correlate with the degeneration of pedunculopontine nucleus (and not with degeneration of substantia nigra compacta) in patients with Parkinson`s disease 2) subclinical postural instability and gait disorders is an early clinical sign of neurodegeneration Weitere Informationen
Project leadership and contacts / Projektleitung und Kontakte	Prof. Claudio Bassetti (Project Leader)   Dr. D. Benninger (Project Leader)
Funding source(s) / Unterstützt durch	No project-specific funding
Duration of Project / Projektdauer	Jul 2005 to Dec 2007