Why do restless legs occur at rest? - Pathophysiology of neuronal structures in RLS. Neurophysiology of RLS (part 2)

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1975-1988

  Trenkwalder, C ^a,b   Paulus, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Ctr Parkinsonism Movement Disord   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal studies; Dopamine; Neurophysiology; Opioids; Pathophysiology; Periodic limb movements; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; APOMORPHINE; BACLOFEN; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GABAPENTIN; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; IRON; LEVODOPA; MAGNESIUM; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AGING; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; INFERIOR OLIVE; IRON TRANSPORT; LEG; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ONSET AGE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; STIMULATION; STIMULUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TOXICITY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 3843051342     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2004.01.031     Document Type: Review

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