Dopamine and the spinal cord in restless legs syndrome: Does spinal cord physiology reveal a basis for augmentation?

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-196

  Paulus, Walter ^a   Schomburg, Eike D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augmentation; Cat; Dopamine; Flexor reflex; Opioids; Restless legs syndrome; Spinal cord; State dependent modulation

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA; OPIATE;

DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FLEXOR REFLEX; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTOR CONTROL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SLEEP; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TENDON REFLEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; NARCOTICS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33744514837     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2006.01.004     Document Type: Review

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