Toward an animal model of restless legs syndrome?

Movement Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 337-338

  Ghorayeb, Imad ^a,b,c   Bezard, Erwan ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES MALADIES NEURODÉGÉNÉRATIVES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^d HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRAMIPEXOLE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MODEL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EDITORIAL; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSOMNIA; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; MALE; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 84858289046     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.24905     Document Type: Editorial

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