Michael H. Silber, M.B., Ch.B.

  1. Pulmonologist
  2. Neurologist
  1. 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
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  2. Pagani-Estevez GL, Holland MT, Tippmann-Peikert M, Benarroch EE, Silber MH, Carvalho DZ. Potential therapeutic benefit of spinal cord stimulation in restless legs syndrome: scoping review and mechanistic considerations. Pain Med. 2023 Oct 13; 24 (Supplement_2):S18-S23
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  3. 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)
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  4. Covassin N, Lu D, St Louis EK, Chahal AA, Schulte PJ, Mansukhani MP, Xie J, Lipford MC, Li N, Ramar K, Caples SM, Gay PC, Olson EJ, Silber MH, Li J, Somers VK. Sex-specific associations between daytime sleepiness, chronic diseases and mortality in obstructive sleep apnea. Front Neurosci. 2023; 17:1210206. Epub 2023 Jun 23.
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  5. 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
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  6. Gali B, Silber MH, Hanson AC, Portner E, Gay P. Perioperative outcomes of patients with restless legs syndrome: a single-center retrospective review. J Clin Sleep Med. 2022 Jul 1; 18 (7):1841-1846
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  7. 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)
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  8. 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)
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  9. 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)
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  10. 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)
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  11. Silber MH, Buchfuhrer MJ, Earley CJ, Koo BB, Manconi M, Winkelman JW, Scientific and Medical Advisory Board of the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation. The Management of Restless Legs Syndrome: An Updated Algorithm. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 Jul; 96 (7):1921-1937
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  12. Gandhi KD, Mansukhani MP, Silber MH, Kolla BP. Excessive Daytime Sleepiness: A Clinical Review. Mayo Clin Proc. 2021 May; 96 (5):1288-1301 Epub 2021 Apr 09
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  13. 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
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  14. 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
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  15. Kolla BP, Jahani Kondori M, Silber MH, Samman H, Dhankikar S, Mansukhani MP. Advance taper of antidepressants prior to multiple sleep latency testing increases the number of sleep-onset rapid eye movement periods and reduces mean sleep latency. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 Nov 15; 16 (11):1921-1927
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  16. Silber MH. Parasomnias occurring in non-rapid eye movement sleep Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2020; 26(4).
  17. 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
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  18. 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
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  19. 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
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  20. 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)
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  21. Feinstein MA, Sharp RR, Sandness DJ, Feemster JC, Junna M, Kotagal S, Lipford MC, Tippmann-Peikert M, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Physician and patient determinants of prognostic counseling in idiopathic REM sleep-behavior disorder. Sleep Med. 2019 Oct; 62:80-85 Epub 2019 Mar 22
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  22. 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
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  23. 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)
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  24. Boeve A, Ferman TJ, Aakre J, St Louis E, Silber M, Machulda M, Fields J, Graff-Radford N, Mielke M, Geda Y, Jones D, Graff-Radford J, Knopman D, Petersen R, Boeve B. Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Major Dementia Syndromes. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2019 Jun; 34 (4):261-264 Epub 2019 Feb 10
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  25. Kolla BP, Mansukhani MP, Olson EJ, St Louis EK, Silber MH, Morgenthaler TI. Medical Cannabis for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Premature and Potentially Harmful. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Jun; 93 (6):689-692
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  26. Jung Y, Jordan LG 3rd, Lowe VJ, Kantarci K, Parisi JE, Dickson DW, Murray ME, Reichard RR, Ferman TJ, Jones DT, Graff-Radford J, Savica R, Machulda MM, Fields JA, Allen LA, Drubach DA, St Louis EK, Silber MH, Jack CR Jr, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Boeve BF. Clinicopathological and (123)I-FP-CIT SPECT correlations in patients with dementia. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018 Mar; 5 (3):376-381 Epub 2018 Jan 24
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  27. Cohen A, Mandrekar J, St Louis EK, Silber MH, Kotagal S. Comorbidities in a community sample of narcolepsy. Sleep Med. 2018 Mar; 43:14-18 Epub 2017 Nov 21
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  28. Coon EA, Ahlskog JE, Silber MH, Fealey RD, Benarroch EE, Sandroni P, Mandrekar JN, Low PA, Singer W. Do selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors improve survival in multiple system atrophy? Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2018 Mar; 48:51-53 Epub 2017 Dec 14
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  29. Silber MH, Becker PM, Buchfuhrer MJ, Earley CJ, Ondo WG, Walters AS, Winkelman JW, Scientific and Medical Advisory Board, Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation. The Appropriate Use of Opioids in the Treatment of Refractory Restless Legs Syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018 Jan; 93 (1):59-67
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  30. Silber MH. Diagnostic approach and investigation in sleep medicine CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology. 2017 Aug; 23 (4):973-88
  31. Iranzo A, Silber MH. Stop, look, and listen: Sleep in movement disorders. Mov Disord 2017 May; 32 (5):633-635 Epub 2017 Apr 24
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  32. 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
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  33. Jung Y, Boot BP, Mielke MM, Ferman TJ, Geda YE, McDade E, Christianson TJH, Knopman DS, St Louis EK, Silber MH, Petersen RC, Boeve BF. Phenoconversion from probable rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder to mild cognitive impairment to dementia in a population-based sample. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2017; 8:127-130 Epub 2017 May 30
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  34. Mantyh WG, Auger RR, Morgenthaler TI, Silber MH, Moore WR. Examining the Frequency of Stimulant Misuse among Patients with Primary Disorders of Hypersomnolence: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2016 May 15; 12 (5):659-62
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  35. Garcia-Borreguero D, Silber MH, Winkelman JW, Hogl B, Bainbridge J, Buchfuhrer M, Hadjigeorgiou G, Inoue Y, Manconi M, Oertel W, Ondo W, Winkelmann J, Allen RP. Guidelines for the first-line treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease, prevention and treatment of dopaminergic augmentation: a combined task force of the IRLSSG, EURLSSG, and the RLS-foundation. Sleep Med. 2016 May; 21:1-11 Epub 2016 Feb 23
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  36. Silber MH. Autoimmune sleep disorders. Handb Clin Neurol. 2016; 133:317-26.
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  37. St Louis EK, Duwell EJ, Orbelo DM, Benarroch EE, Coon EA, Boeve BF, Silber MH. A 76 Year-Old Woman with Sleep and Waking Stridor, Sleep Talking, Orthostatic Hypotension, and Imbalance. J Clin Sleep Med. 2016 Jan; 12 (1):143-5
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  38. Peterson MKT, Gruhlke RC, Sims RC, Wright-Peterson VM, Karon BS, Tynsky TA, Lammers DL, Bender CE, Silber MH, Krom BA, Lessard MS. Blended learning: transformation of phlebotomy education at Mayo Clinic Clinical Laboratory Science. 2016; 29(4):219-26. Epub 1900 Jan 01.
  39. 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.
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  40. Coon EA, Sletten DM, Suarez MD, Mandrekar JN, Ahlskog JE, Bower JH, Matsumoto JY, Silber MH, Benarroch EE, Fealey RD, Sandroni P, Low PA, Singer W. Clinical features and autonomic testing predict survival in multiple system atrophy. Brain. 2015 Dec; 138(Pt 12):3623-31. Epub 2015 Sep 13.
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  41. 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
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  42. 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
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  43. 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
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  44. 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
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  45. 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
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  46. Bancos I, Nannenga MR, Bostwick JM, Silber MH, Erickson D, Nippoldt TB. Impulse control disorders in patients with dopamine agonist-treated prolactinomas and nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas: a case-control study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2014 Jun; 80 (6):863-8 Epub 2013 Dec 16
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  47. Ferman TJ, Smith GE, Dickson DW, Graff-Radford NR, Lin SC, Wszolek Z, Van Gerpen JA, Uitti R, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Parisi JE, Silber MH, Boeve BF. Abnormal daytime sleepiness in dementia with Lewy bodies compared to Alzheimer's disease using the Multiple Sleep Latency Test. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2014; 6 (9):76 Epub 2014 Dec 10
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  48. 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
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  49. Murray ME, Ferman TJ, Boeve BF, Przybelski SA, Lesnick TG, Liesinger AM, Senjem ML, Gunter JL, Preboske GM, Lowe VJ, Vemuri P, Dugger BN, Knopman DS, Smith GE, Parisi JE, Silber MH, Graff-Radford NR, Petersen RC, Jack CR Jr, Dickson DW, Kantarci K. MRI and pathology of REM sleep behavior disorder in dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurology. 2013 Nov 5; 81 (19):1681-9 Epub 2013 Oct 09
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  50. Chopra A, Selim B, Silber MH, Krahn L. Para-suicidal amnestic behavior associated with chronic zolpidem use: implications for patient safety. Psychosomatics. 2013 Sep-Oct; 54 (5):498-501 Epub 2013 Jan 22
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  51. Silber MH, Becker PM, Earley C, Garcia-Borreguero D, Ondo WG, Medical Advisory Board of the Willis-Ekbom Disease Foundation. Willis-Ekbom Disease Foundation revised consensus statement on the management of restless legs syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc. 2013 Sep; 88(9):977-86.
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  52. Boeve BF, Silber MH, Ferman TJ, Lin SC, Benarroch EE, Schmeichel AM, Ahlskog JE, Caselli RJ, Jacobson S, Sabbagh M, Adler C, Woodruff B, Beach TG, Iranzo A, Gelpi E, Santamaria J, Tolosa E, Singer C, Mash DC, Luca C, Arnulf I, Duyckaerts C, Schenck CH, Mahowald MW, Dauvilliers Y, Graff-Radford NR, Wszolek ZK, Parisi JE, Dugger B, Murray ME, Dickson DW. Clinicopathologic correlations in 172 cases of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder with or without a coexisting neurologic disorder. Sleep Med. 2013 Aug; 14 (8):754-62 Epub 2013 Mar 07
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  53. 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
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  54. Garcia-Borreguero D, Kohnen R, Silber MH, Winkelman JW, Earley CJ, Hogl B, Manconi M, Montplaisir J, Inoue Y, Allen RP. The long-term treatment of restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease: evidence-based guidelines and clinical consensus best practice guidance: a report from the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group. Sleep Med. 2013 Jul; 14(7):675-84.
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  55. Boeve BF, Molano JR, Ferman TJ, Lin SC, Bieniek K, Tippmann-Peikert M, Boot B, St Louis EK, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Silber MH. Validation of the Mayo Sleep Questionnaire to screen for REM sleep behavior disorder in a community-based sample. J Clin Sleep Med. 2013 May 15; 9 (5):475-80
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  56. Avidan AY, Vaughn BV, Silber MH. The current state of sleep medicine education in US neurology residency training programs: where do we go from here? J Clin Sleep Med. 2013 Mar 15; 9(3):281-6.
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  57. 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
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  58. Silber MH. Sleep-related movement disorders. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2013 Feb; 19(1 Sleep Disorders):170-84.
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  59. Flanagan EP, Gavrilova RH, Boeve BF, Kumar N, Jelsing EJ, Silber MH. Adult-onset autosomal dominant leukodystrophy presenting with REM sleep behavior disorder. Neurology. 2013 Jan 1; 80(1):118-20. Epub 2012 Dec 12.
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  60. Pao WC, Boeve BF, Ferman TJ, Lin SC, Smith GE, Knopman DS, Graff-Radford NR, Petersen RC, Parisi JE, Dickson DW, Silber MH. Polysomnographic findings in dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurologist. 2013 Jan; 19 (1):1-6
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  61. Auger RR, Varghese R, Silber MH, Slocumb NL. Total sleep time obtained from actigraphy versus sleep logs in an academic sleep center and impact on further sleep testing. Nat Sci Sleep. 2013; 5:125-31. Epub 2013 Oct 03.
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  62. Lipford MC, Silber MH. Long-term use of pramipexole in the management of restless legs syndrome. Sleep Med. 2012 Dec; 13 (10):1280-5 Epub 2012 Oct 01
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  63. Andlauer O, Moore H, Hong SC, Dauvilliers Y, Kanbayashi T, Nishino S, Han F, Silber MH, Rico T, Einen M, Kornum BR, Jennum P, Knudsen S, Nevsimalova S, Poli F, Plazzi G, Mignot E. Predictors of hypocretin (orexin) deficiency in narcolepsy without cataplexy. Sleep. 2012 Sep; 35(9):1247-55F. Epub 2012 Sep 01.
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  64. Quan SF, Buysse DJ, Ward SL, Harding SM, Iber C, Kapur VK, Rowley JA, Sateia MJ, Silber MH, Sorscher AJ, Vaughn BV, Witmans M, Woodson BT, Zee P, Mills LE, Hess BJ. Development and growth of a large multispecialty certification examination: sleep medicine certification--results of the first three examinations. J Clin Sleep Med. 2012 Apr 15; 8(2):221-4.
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  65. Silber MH. Staging sleep. Sleep Med. Clin. 2012; 7(3):487-96.
  66. Boot BP, Boeve BF, Roberts RO, Ferman TJ, Geda YE, Pankratz VS, Ivnik RJ, Smith GE, McDade E, Christianson TJ, Knopman DS, Tangalos EG, Silber MH, Petersen RC. Probable rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder increases risk for mild cognitive impairment and Parkinson disease: a population-based study. Ann Neurol. 2012 Jan; 71 (1):49-56
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  67. Ferman TJ, Boeve BF, Smith GE, Lin SC, Silber MH, Pedraza O, Wszolek Z, Graff-Radford NR, Uitti R, Van Gerpen J, Pao W, Knopman D, Pankratz VS, Kantarci K, Boot B, Parisi JE, Dugger BN, Fujishiro H, Petersen RC, Dickson DW. Inclusion of RBD improves the diagnostic classification of dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurology. 2011 Aug 30; 77 (9):875-82 Epub 2011 Aug 17
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  68. Cornelius JR, Pittock SJ, McKeon A, Lennon VA, Aston PA, Josephs KA, Tippmann-Peikert M, Silber MH. Sleep manifestations of voltage-gated potassium channel complex autoimmunity. Arch Neurol. 2011 Jun; 68 (6):733-8
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  69. Boeve BF, Molano JR, Ferman TJ, Smith GE, Lin SC, Bieniek K, Haidar W, Tippmann-Peikert M, Knopman DS, Graff-Radford NR, Lucas JA, Petersen RC, Silber MH. Validation of the Mayo Sleep Questionnaire to screen for REM sleep behavior disorder in an aging and dementia cohort. Sleep Med. 2011 May; 12 (5):445-53 Epub 2011 Feb 23
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  70. Adams C, McKeon A, Silber MH, Kumar R. Narcolepsy, REM sleep behavior disorder, and supranuclear gaze palsy associated with Ma1 and Ma2 antibodies and tonsillar carcinoma. Arch Neurol. 2011 Apr; 68(4):521-4.
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  71. Earley CJ, Silber MH. Restless legs syndrome: understanding its consequences and the need for better treatment. Sleep Med. 2010 Oct; 11(9):807-15.
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  72. Claassen DO, Josephs KA, Ahlskog JE, Silber MH, Tippmann-Peikert M, Boeve BF. REM sleep behavior disorder preceding other aspects of synucleinopathies by up to half a century. Neurology. 2010 Aug 10; 75 (6):494-9 Epub 2010 July 28
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  73. Molano J, Boeve B, Ferman T, Smith G, Parisi J, Dickson D, Knopman D, Graff-Radford N, Geda Y, Lucas J, Kantarci K, Shiung M, Jack C, Silber M, Pankratz VS, Petersen R. Mild cognitive impairment associated with limbic and neocortical Lewy body disease: a clinicopathological study. Brain. 2010 Feb; 133 (Pt 2):540-56 Epub 2009 Nov 04
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  74. Cornelius JR, Tippmann-Peikert M, Slocumb NL, Frerichs CF, Silber MH. Impulse control disorders with the use of dopaminergic agents in restless legs syndrome: a case-control study. Sleep. 2010 Jan; 33 (1):81-7
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  75. Kuzniar TJ, Morgenthaler TI, Prakash UB, Pallanch JF, Silber MH, Tippmann-Peikert M. Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on stridor in multiple system atrophy-sleep laryngoscopy. J Clin Sleep Med. 2009 Feb 15; 5 (1):65-7
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  76. Silber MH. Staging sleep. Sleep Med. Clin. 2009; 4(3):343-52.
  77. Teman PT, Tippmann-Peikert M, Silber MH, Slocumb NL, Auger RR. Idiopathic rapid-eye-movement sleep disorder: associations with antidepressants, psychiatric diagnoses, and other factors, in relation to age of onset. Sleep Med. 2009 Jan; 10(1):60-5. Epub 2008 Jan 28.
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  78. Boeve BF, Silber MH, Saper CB, Ferman TJ, Dickson DW, Parisi JE, Benarroch EE, Ahlskog JE, Smith GE, Caselli RC, Tippman-Peikert M, Olson EJ, Lin SC, Young T, Wszolek Z, Schenck CH, Mahowald MW, Castillo PR, Del Tredici K, Braak H. Pathophysiology of REM sleep behaviour disorder and relevance to neurodegenerative disease. Brain. 2007 Nov; 130(Pt 11):2770-88. Epub 2007 Apr 05.
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  79. Hauri PJ, Silber MH, Boeve BF. The treatment of parasomnias with hypnosis: a 5-year follow-up study. J Clin Sleep Med. 2007 Jun 15; 3 (4):369-73
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  80. Silber MH, Ancoli-Israel S, Bonnet MH, Chokroverty S, Grigg-Damberger MM, Hirshkowitz M, Kapen S, Keenan SA, Kryger MH, Penzel T, Pressman MR, Iber C. The visual scoring of sleep in adults. J Clin Sleep Med. 2007 Mar 15; 3 (2):121-31
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  81. Kuzniar TJ, Silber MH. Multiple skeletal injuries resulting from uncontrolled restless legs syndrome. J Clin Sleep Med. 2007 Feb 15; 3(1):60-1.
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  82. Moore WR, Silber MH, Decker PA, Heim-Penokie PC, Sikkink VK, Slocumb N, Richardson JW, Krahn LE. Cataplexy Emotional Trigger Questionnaire (CETQ)--a brief patient screen to identify cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy. J Clin Sleep Med. 2007 Feb 15; 3 (1):37-40
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  83. Tippmann-Peikert M, Park JG, Boeve BF, Shepard JW, Silber MH. Pathologic gambling in patients with restless legs syndrome treated with dopaminergic agonists. Neurology. 2007 Jan 23; 68(4):301-3.
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  84. Silber MH. Insomnia. CONTINUUM Lifelong Learn. Neurol. 2007; 13(3 SLEEP DISORDERS):85-100.
  85. Penzel T, Hirshkowitz M, Harsh J, Chervin RD, Butkov N, Kryger M, Malow B, Vitiello MV, Silber MH, Kushida CA, Chesson Jr AL. Digital analysis and technical specifications. J Clin Sleep Med. 2007; 3(2):109-20.
  86. Boeve BF, Dickson DW, Olson EJ, Shepard JW, Silber MH, Ferman TJ, Ahlskog JE, Benarroch EE. Insights into REM sleep behavior disorder pathophysiology in brainstem-predominant Lewy body disease. Sleep Med. 2007 Jan; 8 (1):60-4 Epub 2006 Dec 06
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  87. Young TJ, Silber MH. Hypersomnias of central origin. Chest. 2006 Sep; 130(3):913-20.
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  88. Silber MH. The investigation of sleepiness. Sleep Medicine Clinics. 2006 Mar; 1(1):1-7.
  89. Morgenthaler TI, Olson EJ, Gay P, Decker PA, Herold D, Moore W, Silber MH, Krahn L. Effect of a targeted obstructive sleep apnea consult to improve access and quality at a sleep disorders center. J Clin Sleep Med. 2006 Jan 15; 2(1):49-56.
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  90. Krahn LE, Lymp JF, Moore WR, Slocumb N, Silber MH. Characterizing the emotions that trigger cataplexy. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Winter; 17(1):45-50.
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  91. Black JL 3rd, Silber MH, Krahn LE, Avula RK, Walker DL, Pankratz VS, Fredrickson PA, Slocumb NL. Studies of humoral immunity to preprohypocretin in human leukocyte antigen DQB1*0602-positive narcoleptic subjects with cataplexy. Biol Psychiatry. 2005 Sep 15; 58(6):504-9.
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  92. Silber MH. Clinical practice. Chronic insomnia. N Engl J Med. 2005 Aug 25; 353 (8):803-10
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  93. Silber MH, Hansen MR, Girish M. Complex nocturnal visual hallucinations. Sleep Med. 2005 Jul; 6(4):363-6.
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  94. Auger RR, Goodman SH, Silber MH, Krahn LE, Pankratz VS, Slocumb NL. Risks of high-dose stimulants in the treatment of disorders of excessive somnolence: a case-control study. Sleep. 2005 Jun; 28 (6):667-72
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