High rates of periodic leg movements of sleep in REM-sleep behavior disorder raise more questions about the relationship between sleep-related movement disorders. Article reviewed: M.L. Fantini, M. Michaud, N. Gosselin, G. Lavigne, J. Montplaisir, periodic leg movements in REM sleep behavior disorder and related autonomic and EEG activation, Neurology, 59 (2002) 1889-1894

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-262

  Winkelman, John ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARASOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP STAGE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037531254     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(03)00066-2     Document Type: Review

References (2)

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2. Michaud M, Paquet J, Lavigne G, et al. Sleep laboratory diagnosis of restless legs syndrome. Eur Neurol 2002;48:108-13.