The pathophysiology of restless legs syndrome

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 523-532

  Miyamoto, Masayuki ^a   Miyamoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Iwanami, Masaoki ^a   Suzuki, Keisuke ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic system; Genetics; Iron metabolism; Periodic leg movements; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IRON; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LBXCOR1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MYELOID ECOTROPIC VIRAL INTEGRATION SITE 1 PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; CADAVER; CELL LEVEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIENCEPHALON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FAMILY HISTORY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; IRON THERAPY; LEG MOVEMENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYNEUROPATHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RED NUCLEUS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETICULAR FORMATION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THALAMUS; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IRON; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 68149117115     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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