Periodic limb movements in sleep exhibit a circadian rhythm that is maximal in the late evening/early night

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-88

  Duffy, Jeanne F ^a   Lowe, Alex S W ^a   Silva, Edward J ^a   Winkelman, John W ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Melatonin; Movement disorder; PLMS; RLS; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NIGHT; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 78650259277     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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