Publications Print Teigen LM, McCarter SJ, Ziegert Z, Staley C, Grant KM, Gupta VK, Zhao X, St Louis EK, Kantarci K, Lowe VJ, Forsberg LK, Savica R, Ramanan VK, Jones DT, Petersen RC, Sung J, Khoruts A, Boeve BF, Ross OA. Taxonomic intestinal microbiota differences in Lewy body spectrum disease and cohabitant controls. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2024 Dec; 129:107176 Epub 2024 Oct 16 View PubMed Alexandres CA, McCarter SJ, Tabatabai GM, LeClair-Visonneau L, Feemster JC, Gossard TR, Strainis EP, Jagielski JT, Kelleher MR, Finstuen T, Ali F, Botha H, Graff-Radford J, Olson EJ, Sandness DJ, Morgenthaler TJ, Kantarci K, Savica R, Singer W, Covassin N, Somers VK, Kirkland JL, Junna M, Lipford M, Matarese CA, Moore JL, Tippmann-Peikert M, Carvalho DZ, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Phenoconversion in Women and Men With Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Neurology. 2024 Nov 26; 103 (10):e209993 Epub 2024 Oct 25 View PubMed Switzer AR, Charidimou A, McCarter S, Vemuri P, Nguyen AT, Przybelski SA, Lesnick TG, Rabinstein AA, Brown RD, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Reichard RR, Graff-Radford J. Boston Criteria v2.0 for Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Without Hemorrhage: An MRI-Neuropathologic Validation Study. Neurology. 2024 May 28; 102 (10):e209386 Epub 2024 May 06 View PubMed Jones BM, McCarter SJ. Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder: Clinical Presentation and Diagnostic Criteria. Sleep Med Clin. 2024 Mar; 19 (1):71-81 Epub 2023 Nov 17 View PubMed Leclair-Visonneau L, Feemster JC, Bibi N, Gossard TR, Jagielski JT, Strainis EP, Carvalho DZ, Timm PC, Bliwise DL, Boeve BF, Silber MH, McCarter SJ, St Louis EK. Contemporary diagnostic visual and automated polysomnographic REM sleep without atonia thresholds in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. J Clin Sleep Med. 2024 Feb 1; 20 (2):279-291 View PubMed Carvalho DZ, Kremen V, Mivalt F, St Louis EK, McCarter SJ, Bukartyk J, Przybelski SA, Kamykowski MG, Spychalla AJ, Machulda MM, Boeve BF, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Lowe VJ, Graff-Radford J, Worrell GA, Somers VK, Varga AW, Vemuri P. Non-rapid eye movement sleep slow-wave activity features are associated with amyloid accumulation in older adults with obstructive sleep apnoea. Brain Commun. 2024; 6 (5):fcae354 Epub 2024 Oct 07 View PubMed Corriveau-Lecavalier N, Botha H, Graff-Radford J, Switzer AR, Przybelski SA, Wiste HJ, Murray ME, Reichard RR, Dickson DW, Nguyen AT, Ramanan VK, McCarter SJ, Boeve BF, Machulda MM, Fields JA, Stricker NH, Nelson PT, Grothe MJ, Knopman DS, Lowe VJ, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Jones DT. Clinical criteria for a limbic-predominant amnestic neurodegenerative syndrome. Brain Commun. 2024; 6 (4):fcae183 Epub 2024 July 17 View PubMed Carvalho DZ, McCarter SJ, St Louis EK, Przybelski SA, Johnson Sparrman KL, Somers VK, Boeve BF, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Graff-Radford J, Vemuri P. Association of Polysomnographic Sleep Parameters With Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Cerebrovascular Disease in Older Adults With Sleep Apnea. Neurology. 2023 Jul 11; 101 (2):e125-e136 Epub 2023 May 10 View PubMed Gadoth A, Devine MF, Pittock SJ, McKeon A, Tobin WO, Gossard TR, Cattaneo EFD, McCarter SJ, St Louis EK. Sleep disturbances associated with DPPX autoantibodies: a case series. J Neurol. 2023 Jul; 270 (7):3543-3552 Epub 2023 Apr 07 View PubMed Howell M, Avidan AY, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Malkani RG, During EH, Roland JP, McCarter SJ, Zak RS, Carandang G, Kazmi U, Ramar K. Management of REM sleep behavior disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Apr 1; 19 (4):759-768 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Labott JR, Mazumder MK, Gebhard J, Cunningham JL, Loukianova LL, Gilliam WP, Lipford MC. Emergence of restless legs syndrome during opioid discontinuation. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Apr 1; 19 (4):741-748 View PubMed Howell M, Avidan AY, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Malkani RG, During EH, Roland JP, McCarter SJ, Zak RS, Carandang G, Kazmi U, Ramar K. Management of REM sleep behavior disorder: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Apr 1; 19 (4):769-810 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Auger RR, Ruoff CM, St Louis EK. Irregular sleep-wake rhythm disorder Masquerading as hypersomnia in Moebius syndrome. Sleep Med. 2023 Mar; 103:14-15 Epub 2023 Jan 14 View PubMed Cesari M, Heidbreder A, St Louis EK, Sixel-Doring F, Bliwise DL, Baldelli L, Bes F, Fantini ML, Iranzo A, Knudsen-Heier S, Mayer G, McCarter S, Nepozitek J, Pavlova M, Provini F, Santamaria J, Sunwoo JS, Videnovic A, Hogl B, Jennum P, Christensen JAE, Stefani A. Polysomnographic diagnosis of REM sleep behavior disorder: a change is needed. Sleep 2023 Jan 11; 46 (1) View PubMed Gossard TR, Teigen LN, Yoo S, Timm PC, Jagielski J, Bibi N, Feemster JC, Steele T, Carvalho DZ, Junna MR, Lipford MC, Tippmann Peikert M, LeClair-Visonneau L, McCarter SJ, Boeve BF, Silber MH, Hirsch J, Sharp RR, St Louis EK. Patient values and preferences regarding prognostic counseling in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep. 2023 Jan 11; 46 (1) View PubMed McCarter SJ, Camerucci E, Mullan AF, Stang CD, Turcano P, St Louis EK, Boeve BF, Savica R. Sleep Disorders in Early-Onset Parkinsonism: A Population-Based Study. J Parkinsons Dis. 2023; 13 (7):1175-1183 View PubMed Feemster JC, Westerland SM, Gossard TR, Steele TA, Timm PC, Jagielski JT, Strainis E, McCarter SJ, Hopkins SC, Koblan KS, St Louis EK. Treatment with the novel TAAR1 agonist ulotaront is associated with reductions in quantitative polysomnographic REM sleep without atonia in healthy human subjects: Results of a post-hoc analysis. Sleep Med. 2023 Jan; 101:578-586. Epub 2022 Nov 24. View PubMed McCarter SJ, Coon EA, Benarroch EE, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Nocturnal Pulse Event Frequency Is Reduced in Multiple System Atrophy. Ann Neurol. 2023 Jan; 93 (1):205-212 Epub 2022 Nov 02 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Mansukhani MP, Herold DL, Kolla BP. Delayed onset sleep-related stridor due to radiation for thyroid cancer. J Clin Sleep Med. 2022 Sep 1; 18 (9):2327-2329 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Jones DT, Jack CR, Lowe V, Botha H. Posterior Cingulate Involvement Does Not Argue Against LATE. J Nucl Med 2022 Aug; 63 (8):1282-1283 Epub 2022 Mar 24 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Hagen PT, St Louis EK, Rieck TM, Haider CR, Holmes DR, Morgenthaler TI. Physiological markers of sleep quality: A scoping review. Sleep Med Rev. 2022 Aug; 64:101657 Epub 2022 June 09 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Johnson-Tesch BA. Pneumorrhachis From Esophageal Perforation Due to Cervical Osteophyte. JAMA Neurol. 2022 Aug 1; 79 (8):819-820 View PubMed Sandness DJ, McCarter SJ, Dueffert LG, Shepard PW, Enke AM, Fields J, Mielke MM, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Cognition and driving ability in isolated and symptomatic REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep. 2022 Apr 11; 45 (4) View PubMed Sandness DJ, McCarter SJ, Dueffert LG, Shepard PW, Enke AM, Fields J, Mielke MM, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Cognition and driving ability in isolated and symptomatic REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep. 2022 Apr 11; 45 (4) View PubMed Cesari M, Heidbreder A, St Louis EK, Sixel-Doring F, Bliwise DL, Baldelli L, Bes F, Fantini ML, Iranzo A, Knudsen-Heier S, Mayer G, McCarter S, Nepozitek J, Pavlova M, Provini F, Santamaria J, Sunwoo JS, Videnovic A, Hogl B, Jennum P, Christensen JAE, Stefani A. Video-polysomnography procedures for diagnosis of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and the identification of its prodromal stages: guidelines from the International RBD Study Group. Sleep. 2022 Mar 14; 45 (3) View PubMed Feemster JC, Steele TA, Palermo KP, Ralston CL, Tao Y, Bauer DA, Edgar L, Rivera S, Walters-Smith M, Gossard TR, Teigen LN, Timm PC, Richardson JW, Auger RR, Kolla B, McCarter SJ, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Abnormal rapid eye movement sleep atonia control in chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. Sleep. 2022 Mar 14; 45 (3) View PubMed Devine MF, Feemster JC, Lieske EA, McCarter SJ, Sandness DJ, Steele T, Timm PC, Mandrekar J, Boeve BF, Silber MH, Dubey D, McKeon A, St Louis EK. Objective sleep profile in LGI1/CASPR2 autoimmunity. Sleep. 2022 Feb 14; 45 (2) View PubMed McCarter SJ, Lesnick TG, Lowe VJ, Rabinstein AA, Przybelski SA, Algeciras-Schimnich A, Ramanan VK, Jack CR, Petersen RC, Knopman DS, Boeve BF, Kantarci K, Vemuri P, Mielke MM, Graff-Radford J. Association Between Plasma Biomarkers of Amyloid, Tau, and Neurodegeneration with Cerebral Microbleeds. J Alzheimers Dis. 2022; 87 (4):1537-1547 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Savica R. Autopallidotomy: From Colloquial Term to Scientific Theory. J Parkinsons Dis. 2022; 12 (7):2009-2013 View PubMed Gossard TR, Teigen LN, Timm PC, Feemster JC, McCarter SJ, St Louis EK. Patient preferences for prognostic counseling in idiopathic/isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. Alzheimers Dement. 2021 Dec; 17 Suppl 8:e054030 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Lesnick TG, Lowe V, Mielke MM, Constantopoulos E, Rabinstein AA, Przybelski SA, Botha H, Jones DT, Ramanan VK, Jack CR, Petersen RC, Knopman D, Boeve BF, Murray ME, Dickson DW, Vemuri P, Kantarci K, Reichard RR, Graff-Radford J. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Pathology and Its Association With Amyloid-beta PET Signal. Neurology. 2021 Nov 2; 97 (18):e1799-e1808 Epub 2021 Sept 09 View PubMed Teigen LN, Sharp RR, Hirsch JR, Campbell E, Timm PC, Sandness DJ, Feemster JC, Gossard TR, Faber SM, Steele TA, Rivera S, Junna MR, Lipford MC, Tippmann-Peikert M, Kotagal S, Ju YE, Howell M, Schenck CH, Videnovic A, Jennum P, Hogl B, Stefani A, Arnulf I, Heidbreder A, Lewis S, McCarter SJ, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Specialist approaches to prognostic counseling in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep Med. 2021 Mar; 79:107-112 Epub 2020 Dec 24 View PubMed Matar E, McCarter SJ, St Louis EK, Lewis SJG. Current Concepts and Controversies in the Management of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. Neurotherapeutics. 2021 Jan; 18 (1):107-123 Epub 2021 Jan 06 View PubMed Gossard TR, McCarter SJ, Gorres E, Feemster JC, Timm PC, Teigen LN, Ralston CL, Westerland SM, Conway JP, Jagielski JT, Olson CD, Edgar LJ, Veum EL, Savica R, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Quantitative REM Sleep without Atonia in Parkinson's Disease and Essential Tremor. Mov Disord Clin Pract. 2021 Jan; 8 (1):37-43 Epub 2020 Nov 26 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Coon EA, Savica R, St Louis EK, Bower JH, Benarroch EE, Sandroni P, Low P, Singer W. Lower Vitamin B12 Level at Multiple System Atrophy Diagnosis Is Associated With Shorter Survival. Mov Disord. 2020 Aug; 35 (8):1462-1466 Epub 2020 Apr 22 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Gehrking TL, St Louis EK, Suarez MD, Boeve BF, Silber MH, Low PA, Singer W. Autonomic dysfunction and phenoconversion in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder. Clin Auton Res. 2020 Jun; 30 (3):207-213 Epub 2020 Mar 19 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Stang C, Turcano P, Mielke MM, Ali F, Bower JH, Savica R. Higher vitamin B12 level at Parkinson's disease diagnosis is associated with lower risk of future dementia. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2020 Apr; 73:19-22 Epub 2020 Mar 16 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Tabatabai GM, Jong HY, Sandness DJ, Timm PC, Johnson KL, McCarter AR, Savica R, Vemuri P, Machulda MM, Kantarci K, Mielke MM, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. REM sleep atonia loss distinguishes synucleinopathy in older adults with cognitive impairment. Neurology. 2020 Jan 7; 94 (1):e15-e29 Epub 2019 Dec 12 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Feemster JC, Tabatabai GM, Sandness DJ, Timm PC, McCarter AR, Talley HN, Junna MR, Savica R, Singer W, Coon EA, Benarroch EE, Josephs KA, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Submentalis Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Muscle Activity: A Potential Biomarker for Synucleinopathy. Ann Neurol. 2019 Dec; 86 (6):969-974 View PubMed Feemster JC, Jung Y, Timm PC, Westerland SM, Gossard TR, Teigen LN, Buchal LA, Cattaneo EFD, Imlach CA, Mccarter SJ, Smith KL, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Normative and isolated rapid eye movement sleep without atonia in adults without REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep. 2019 Oct 9; 42 (10) View PubMed McCarter SJ, Sandness DJ, McCarter AR, Feemster JC, Teigen LN, Timm PC, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. REM sleep muscle activity in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder predicts phenoconversion. Neurology. 2019 Sep 17; 93 (12):e1171-e1179 Epub 2019 Aug 16 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Burkholder DB, Klaas JP, Martinez-Thompson JM, Boes CJ. The Mary Walker effect: Mary Broadfoot Walker. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2019 Sep; 49 (3):255-259 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Boeve BF, Graff-Radford NR, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Neuroprotection in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder: a role for exercise? Sleep 2019 Jun 11; 42 (6) View PubMed McCarter SJ, Teigen LM, McCarter AR, Benarroch EE, St Louis EK, Savica R. Low Vitamin B12 and Parkinson Disease: Potential Link to Reduced Cholinergic Transmission and Severity of Disease. Mayo Clin Proc. 2019 May; 94 (5):757-762 View PubMed Feemster JC, Smith KL, McCarter SJ, St Louis EK. Trauma-Associated Sleep Disorder: A Posttraumatic Stress/REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Mash-Up? J Clin Sleep Med. 2019 Feb 15; 15 (2):345-349 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Vijayvargiya P, Sidana S, Nault AM, Lane CE, Lehman JS, Wilson JW, Parikh SA, Nowakowski GS, Al-Kali A. A case of ibrutinib-associated aspergillosis presenting with central nervous system, myocardial, pulmonary, intramuscular, and subcutaneous abscesses. Leuk Lymphoma 2019 Feb; 60 (2):559-561 Epub 2018 Aug 02 View PubMed McCarter AR, Timm PC, Shepard PW, Sandness DJ, Luu T, McCarter SJ, Dueffert L, Dresow M, Feemster JC, Cascino GD, So EL, Worrell GA, Britton JW, Sherif A, Jaliparthy K, Chahal AA, Somers VK, St Louis EK. Obstructive sleep apnea in refractory epilepsy: A pilot study investigating frequency, clinical features, and association with risk of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. Epilepsia. 2018 Oct; 59 (10):1973-1981 Epub 2018 Sept 24 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Burkholder DB, Klaas JP, Boes CJ. Charles E. Beevor's lasting contributions to neurology: More than just a sign. Neurology. 2018 Mar 13; 90 (11):513-517 View PubMed McCarter SJ, St Louis EK, Sandness DJ, Duwell EJ, Timm PC, Boeve BF, Silber MH. Diagnostic REM sleep muscle activity thresholds in patients with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder with and without obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Med. 2017 May; 33:23-29 Epub 2016 May 11 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Howell MJ. Importance of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder to the Primary Care Physician. Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Oct; 91 (10):1460-1466 View PubMed McCarter SJ, St Louis EK, Boeve BF. Sleep Disturbances in Frontotemporal Dementia. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2016 Sep; 16 (9):85 View PubMed McCarter SJ, St Louis EK. A 62-year-old Man with Facial and Finger Twitching. J Clin Sleep Med. 2016 Feb; 12: (2)272-5. View PubMed Jacobs ML, Dauvilliers Y, St Louis EK, McCarter SJ, Romenets SR, Pelletier A, Cherif M, Gagnon JF, Postuma RB. Risk Factor Profile in Parkinson's Disease Subtype with REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. J Parkinsons Dis. 2016; 6: (1)231-7. View PubMed McCarter SJ, Tippmann-Peikert M, Sandness DJ, Flanagan EP, Kantarci K, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Neuroimaging-evident lesional pathology associated with REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep Med. 2015 Dec; 16: (12)1502-10. View PubMed McCarter SJ, St Louis EK, Sandness DJ, Arndt K, Erickson M, Tabatabai G, Boeve BF, Silber MH. Antidepressants Increase REM Sleep Muscle Tone in Patients with and without REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. Sleep. 2015 Jun 1; 38 (6):907-17 Epub 2015 June 01 View PubMed St Louis EK, McCarter SJ, Boeve BF, Silber MH, Kantarci K, Benarroch EE, Rando A, Tippmann-Peikert M, Olson EJ, Mauermann ML. Lesional REM sleep behavior disorder localizes to the dorsomedial pons. Neurology. 2014 Nov 11; 83 (20):1871-3 Epub 2014 Oct 10 View PubMed McCarter SJ, St Louis EK, Boswell CL, Dueffert LG, Slocumb N, Boeve BF, Silber MH, Olson EJ, Morgenthaler TI, Tippmann-Peikert M. Factors associated with injury in REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep Med. 2014 Nov; 15 (11):1332-8 Epub 2014 June 23 View PubMed McCarter SJ, St Louis EK, Duwell EJ, Timm PC, Sandness DJ, Boeve BF, Silber MH. Diagnostic thresholds for quantitative REM sleep phasic burst duration, phasic and tonic muscle activity, and REM atonia index in REM sleep behavior disorder with and without comorbid obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep. 2014 Oct 1; 37 (10):1649-62 Epub 2014 Oct 01 View PubMed McCarter SJ, St Louis EK, Boeve BF, Sandness DJ, Silber MH. Greatest rapid eye movement sleep atonia loss in men and older age. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2014 Sep; 1 (9):733-8 Epub 2014 Sept 02 View PubMed Hancock KL, St Louis EK, McCarter SJ, Sandness DJ, Kotagal S, Lloyd R, Boeve BF. Quantitative analyses of REM sleep without atonia in children and adolescents with REM sleep behavior disorder. Minn Med. 2014 May; 97 (5):43 View PubMed St Louis EK, Jinnur P, McCarter SJ, Duwell EJ, Benarroch EE, Kantarci K, Pichelmann MA, Silber MH, Boeve BF, Olson EJ, Morgenthaler TI, Somers VK. Chiari 1 Malformation Presenting as Central Sleep Apnea during Pregnancy: A Case Report, Treatment Considerations, and Review of the Literature. Front Neurol. 2014; 5:195 Epub 2014 Oct 24 View PubMed Lam EM, Shepard PW, St Louis EK, Dueffert LG, Slocumb N, McCarter SJ, Silber MH, Boeve BF, Olson EJ, Somers VK, Milone M. Restless legs syndrome and daytime sleepiness are prominent in myotonic dystrophy type 2. Neurology. 2013 Jul 9; 81 (2):157-64 Epub 2013 June 07 View PubMed McCarter SJ, Boswell CL, St Louis EK, Dueffert LG, Slocumb N, Boeve BF, Silber MH, Olson EJ, Tippmann-Peikert M. Treatment outcomes in REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep Med. 2013 Mar; 14 (3):237-42 Epub 2013 Jan 23 View PubMed McCarter SJ, St Louis EK, Boeve BF. REM sleep behavior disorder and REM sleep without atonia as an early manifestation of degenerative neurological disease. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2012 Apr; 12 (2):182-92 View PubMed PST-20553459 Home Publications