Disconnection between periodic leg movements and cortical arousals in spinal cord injury

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1207-1209

  Salminen, Aaro V ^a,b   Manconi, Mauro ^c   Rimpilä, Ville ^a,b   Luoto, Teemu M ^d   Koskinen, Eerika ^d   Ferri, Raffaele ^e   Öhman, Juha ^a,d   Polo, Olli ^a,b,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b Unesta Research Centre   (Finland)

^c REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case report; Cortical arousal; Dopamine agonist; Periodic leg movements; Sleep apnea; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; PRAMIPEXOLE; TIZANIDINE;

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

CASE REPORT; CORTICAL AROUSAL; DOPAMINE AGONIST; PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENTS; SLEEP APNEA; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BENZOTHIAZOLES; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84888189303     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3174     Document Type: Article

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