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Historical Article
[The first film presentation of REM sleep behavior disorder precedes its scientific debut by 35 years].
The perplexing and tantalizing disease of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is characterized by peculiar, potentially dangerous behavior during REM sleep. It was described both in animals and humans. RBD in mammals was first described by Jouvet and Delorme in 1965, based on an experimental model induced by lesion in pontine region of cats. ⋯ AC KNOWLEDGEMENT TheauthorsthankDr. NikolaTrajanovid, ABSM, FAASM (Canada) for valuable suggestions, and Dr. Carlos Schenck from the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center (USA) for reading the manuscript.