The significance of the sympathetic nervous system in the pathophysiology of periodic leg movements in sleep

Sleep

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 755-766

  Guggisberg, Adrian G ^a   Hess, Christian W ^a   Mathis, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electroencephalogram; Heart rate variability; Periodic limb movements; Sympathetic nervous system; Wavalet transform

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; APNEA; ARM MUSCLE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENTS IN SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

EID: 34249821926     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/30.6.755     Document Type: Article

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