Sleep Phenotypes by Diagnosis 

 
   Lead Investigator:    Donald Bliwise
   Institution      :    Emory
   E-Mail           :    dbliwis@emory.edu
   Proposal ID      :    26


   Publications:


1  Bliwise DL,  Mercaldo ND , Avidan AY, Boeve BF, Greer SA,  Kukull WA
   Sleep disturbance in dementia with lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease: a multicenter analysis
   Journal Article  Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord,31:239-246,2011,PMC3085031

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   Proposal Description:
   Explore sleep as a phenotypic marker across diagnoses  BLIWISE  To examine the prevalence of disturbed sleep across different diagnostic groups within the NACC data base.   To determine whether the hypothesized differences in prevalence vary be gender To determine whether the severity of sleep disturbance varies as a function of diagnostic group.  To examine whether the presence and severity of sleep disturbance is associated with other behavioral abnormalities.   To explore the associations between demographic and clinical features and the presence of and the severity of sleep disturbance.