Microstructure of the midbrain and cervical spinal cord in idiopathic restless legs syndrome: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Sleep

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 423-428

  Lindemann, Klaas ^a   Müller, Hans Peter ^a   Ludolph, Albert C ^a   Hornyak, Magdolna ^a,b   Kassubek, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Neuropsychiatrisches Zentrum Erding München   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Midbrain; Restless legs syndrome; Spinal cord; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE; ROPINIROLE; ROTIGOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRA; THIRD CERVICAL VERTEBRA; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL CORD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84957076517     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.5456     Document Type: Article

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