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CTE, Contact Sports Play Linked to REM Sleep Behavior Disorder – Mirage News

Researchers at Boston University have found a link between chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a devastating neurodegenerative disease associated…

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Researchers at Boston University have found a link between chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a devastating neurodegenerative disease associated with repetitive head impacts, and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder. The rare disorder, typically associated with Parkinson’s disease, interrupts or disturbs sleep paralysis during REM sleep, when most dreams are experienced. The lack of paralysis causes sleepers to act out vivid and often disturbing dreams by talking, flailing their…

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