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AASM Membership Sections Newsletter
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Issue #6
American Academy
of Sleep Medicine
Parasomnias
Steering Committee
Profiles
Aleksandar Videnovic, MD, MSc
(Chair)
Dr. Aleksandar Videnovic, MD, MSc,
Chair,
is an Assistant Professor of
Neurology at Harvard Medical School
and a Neurologist in the Movement
Disorders Unit and the Division of
Sleep Medicine at Massachusetts
General Hospital. Dr. Videnovic
completed his Neurology residency
at Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine, followed by
clinical and research fellowships
in Movement Disorders and Sleep
Medicine at Rush University
and Northwestern University,
respectively. He holds his Masters
degree in Clinical Research. Dr.
Videnovic directs a clinical and
research program focused on sleep
dysfunction in neurodegenerative
disorders. His research is focused
on the interface of sleep, circadian
biology and neurodegeneration with
an emphasis on movement disorders.
Dr. Videnovic is a member of the
Science Committee and the Clinical
Research Subcommittee of the
American Academy of Neurology.
Erik K. St. Louis, MD
(Vice-Chair)
Dr. Erik K. St. Louis, MD,
Vice-Chair,
is Head of the Section of Sleep
Neurology, Associate Professor of
Neurology, Consultant in Neurology
2014 – 2015
CHAIR
Aleksandar Videnovic, MD, MSc
VICE-CHAIR
Erik K. St. Louis, MD
MEMBERS
Ramadevi Gourineni, MD
Michael Howell, MD
Thomas W. Uhde, MD
A Message from the Parasomnias Section Steering
Committee
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU!
The Steering Committee of the Parasomnias Section invites all section members and all
AASM members to take active participation in the section’s activities. We welcome your
input, suggestions and participation in regard to the wide range of activities related to
promoting clinical, research, educational and outreach aspects of parasomnias.
Please contact us by email at
Thank you,
Parasomnias Section Steering Committee
NEW in 2014 – Selected Publications on Parasomnias
Publication 1:
Publication:
Sabater L, Gaig C, Gelpi E, Bataller L, Lewerenz J, Torres-Vega E, Contreras
A, Giometto B, Compta Y, Embid C, Vilaseca I, Iranzo A, Santamaría J, Dalmau J, Graus F.
A novel non-rapid-eye movement and rapid-eye-movement parasomnia with sleep breathing
disorder associated with antibodies to IgLON5: a case series, characterisation of the antigen,
and post-mortem study. Lancet Neurol. 2014 Jun;13(6):575-86.
Review:
Sabater and colleagues describe a singular neurological parasomnia disorder
associated with autoantibodies to IgLON5, a neuronal cell adhesion protein member of the
immunoglobulin superfamily. The authors characterized 8 patients (5 men and 3 women)
who presented to the Multidisciplinary Sleep Disorders Unit of the Hospital Clinic at
University of Barcelona, Spain. Median age of symptom onset was 59 years (ranging between
52-76 years). All 8 patients had predominant sleep manifestations of both REM and NREM
parasomnia behaviors, including REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) in four, as well as
NREM “finalistic”-type movements (ie, dream-enactment like, complex motor behaviors of
usual daytime activities such as eating or drinking). The spectrum of other sleep problems
included hypersomnia, insomnia and sleep disordered breathing with both obstructive sleep
apnea and inspiratory stridor, and central hypoventilation in one patient. Sleep architecture
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