To examine the nature of sleep disturbance in patients with a variant form of late infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (CLNS), we studied 12 patients (age range 7-32 years). We used a sleep questionnaire to assess sleep and its disturbances…
Sleep disorders are common in NCL patients, The patients have problems such as frequent awakenings, difficulties with sleep onset, nightmares, and night terrors, The aim of the study was to examine whether the sleep disturbance in NCL can be…
Melatonin was tested as a sleeping pill in five patients with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses. The single-blind, placebo-controlled study consisted of motor activity recordings, sleep logs, and administration of placebo or melatonin (2.5 or 5 mg).…
In juvenile neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis (JNCL), sleep disorders are common. The purpose of this study was to investigate the sleep structure of 28 patients with JNCL compared with healthy controls subjects and to clarify the pathophysiology…
To study the effect of dopaminergic drugs on the parkinsonism in juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, the authors conducted an open study of 21 patients. According to the motor Unified PD Rating Scale (UPDRS) score, treatment was initiated with…
