[HT-04] Dual nature of REM sleep behavior disorder : parasomnia vs harbinger of synucleinopathies

[HT-04-4] Aggressive behavior and dream contents in RBD: why and how?

Ki-Young Jung (Seoul National University College of Medicine)

REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) now attracts much interest from the neurology community, mostly because RBD was incorporated with the revised clinical diagnostic criteria of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) as one of the core clinical features in 2017. It has been also well established that RBD often precedes other symptoms and signs of synucleinopathies. Under this circumstance, neurologists should understand what RBD is and to make an early diagnosis of RBD. However, historically RBD was classified as one of the parasomnias with a long history of sleep research, and patients with isolated/idiopathic RBD seek medical help for violent or potentially harmful behaviors during sleep. In this symposium, the speakers from different subspecialties are going to focus this dual nature of RBD. We expect the audience to obtain in-depth knowledge about RBD.

Dr. Jung received his M.D. degree from the Chungnam National University in 1991. He completed a Neurology Residency at the Chungnam National University Hospital in 1997 and received PhD degree in 2001 in the same university.

Dr. Jung’s clinical field of specialty are epilepsy and sleep disorders, and his research interest is a human neurophysiology analyzing EEG and PSG biosignals to recognize pathophysiology of epilepsy and sleep disorders.

Dr. Jung published numerous papers on pathophysiology and cognitive dysfunction using EEG and ERPs analysis especially on restless legs syndrome and REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). Recently Dr. Jung has launched and been running nationwide RBD registry in Korea in order to conduct long-term observation study in large clinical sample.

Dr. Jung has been an Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Sleep Medicine, an official journal of Korea Sleep Research Society, since 2009. Dr. Jung is currently a member of EEG Quality Control Committee, and a member of Polysomnography Quality Control Committee in Korea.

Dr. Jung is actively involving various research and society activity in International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) and International RBD Study Group (IRBDSG).