Neurophysiological investigations in restless legs syndrome and other disorders of movement during sleep

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 397-399

  Ferreri, F ^a,b   Rossini, P M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Periodic limb movement syndrome; Restless legs syndrome; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXCITATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIMB DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 3042600025     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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