Novel Associations of BST1 and LAMP3 With REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

Kheireddin Mufti1, Eric Yu1, Uladzislau Rudakou1

  • 1From the Department of Human Genetics (K.M., E.Y., U.R., L.K., G.A.R., Z.G.-O.), Montreal Neurological Institute (K.M., E.Y., U.R., L.K., J.A.R., F.A., S.B.L., D.S., G.A.R., R.B.P., Z.G.-O.), Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery (J.A.R., F.A., S.B.L., D.S., G.A.R., R.B.P., Z.G.-O.), Centre de Recherche en Biologie Structurale (J.-F.T.), and Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (J.-F.T.), McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada; Sleep Disorders Unit (I.A.), Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris Brain Institute and Sorbonne University, France; Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC) (M.T.M.H.) and Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (M.T.M.H.), University of Oxford, UK; Center for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine (J.Y.M., J.-F.G., A.D., R.B.P.), Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal-Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal; Departments of Psychiatry (J.Y.M.) and Neurosciences (A.D.), Université de Montréal; Department of Psychology (J.-F.G.), Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada; National Reference Center for Narcolepsy (Y.D.), Sleep Unit, Department of Neurology, Gui-de-Chauliac Hospital, CHU Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Inserm U1061, France; Clinical Neurology Unit (G.L.G., M.V., F.J., A.B.), Department of Neurosciences, University Hospital of Udine; DMIF (G.L.G.) and Department of Medicine (DAME) (M.V.), University of Udine, Italy; Sleep Disorders Clinic (B.H., A.S., E.H.), Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria; Department of Neurology (K.S., D.K.) and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience (K.S., D.K.), Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Neurology (W.O., A.J., F.S.-D.), Philipps University, Marburg, Germany; Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences (G.P.), University of Modena and Reggio-Emilia; IRCCS (G.P.), Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna; Neurology Unit (E.A.), Movement Disorders Division, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona; Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health (M.F., M.P.), Sleep Disorder Research Center, University of Cagliari, Italy; Paracelsus-Elena-Klinik (B.M., C.T., F.S.-D.), Kassel; Department of Neurosurgery (B.M., C.T.), University Medical Centre Göttingen, Germany; Sleep and Neurology Unit (V.C.D.C.), Beau Soleil Clinic; EuroMov Digital Health in Motion (V.C.D.C.), University of Montpellier IMT Mines Ales; University Lille North of France (C.C.M.), Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Center, CHU Lille; Department of Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular Disorders (A.H.), University of Müenster, Germany; Department of Neurological Sciences (L.F.-S.), Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Laboratory for Sleep Disorders (F.D., M.V.) and Department of Neurology (F.D., M.V.), St. Dimpna Regional Hospital, Geel; Department of Neurology (F.D.), University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium; Sleep Disorder Unit (B.A.), Carémeau Hospital, University Hospital of Nîmes, France; and Department of Neurology (B.F.B.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Neurology
|January 5, 2021
PubMed
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