A study published in the neurological journal, The Lancet Neurology, has identified that patients with rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) have a dopamine deficiency in the brain and suffer from a form of brain inflammation. They are subjected to increased risks of developing dementia or Parkinson’s disease as they grow older.
Scientists from Aarhus University examined the condition of the nerve cells that produce dopamine in the brain and cells that participate in the brain’s immune system in patients who were suffering from RBD.
