Time structure of leg movement activity during sleep in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and effects of levodopa

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 359-366

  Ferri, Raffaele ^a   Bruni, Oliviero ^b   Novelli, Luana ^b   Picchietti, Matthew A ^c   Picchietti, Daniel L ^d  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; L DOPA; Periodic leg movements during sleep; Periodicity index; Restless legs syndrome; Time structure; Willis Ekbom disease

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; DOMPERIDONE; PLACEBO;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NAUSEA; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PERIODICITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; DOPAMINE AGENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875616895     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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