Circadian changes in cortical excitability in restless legs syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 122-125

  Gündüz, Ayşegül ^a   Adatepe, Nurten Uzun ^a   Kiziltan, Meral E ^a   Karadeniz, Derya ^a   Uysal, Ömer ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Restless legs syndrome; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859444875     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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