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Science Summary This article topic is on a study of Parkinson’s disease and the sleep disorders that victims of this disease undergo. Parkinson’s disease, or PD, is a progressive disease of the nervous system marked by terror, muscular rigidity, and many slow, imprecise movement mainly affecting middle aged people as well as the elderly. The article states “ patients may be subject to sudden and involuntary daytime sleep “attacks.””. The sleep “attacks” mentioned in this quote is in reference to the dyssomnia, or a disorder that involves the timing, quantity, or quality of sleep, known as Narcolepsy. The textbook states that “Narcolepsy is an incurable sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and uncontrollable attacks on REM sleep”. The article also states that REM-sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is common in patients with PD (Science Daily). The sleep disorders brought on by PD mainly are related to REM sleep which is why Narcolepsy is common in PD patients. The article also mentions PD patients suffering from a difficulty in falling or staying asleep (Science Daily). This disease is known as Insomnia referred to in the textbook as “A sleep disorder that is characterized by difficulty falling or staying asleep”. The article explains how these sleep disorders cause patients of PD to live a more isolated and limited life because sleep disorders will make you drowsy in the daytime, give you adverse mood changes, as well as impair your motor skills making you incapable of driving. The textbook states nearly the same effects of sleep disorders on everyday life such as the sleep disorder Insomnia causing impairment in daytime functions. The information present in this article are backed up and agreed with by the facts present in the textbook. IOS Press BV. "Sleep disturbances, common in Parkinson's disease, can be early indicator of disease onset."ScienceDaily.ScienceDaily,10July2014. . Wood, Ellen G., and Denise Boyd. "Chapter 4/Consciousness." //Mastering the World of Physcology//. By Samuel E. Wood. N.p.: n.p., n.d. 116-17. Print.

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