Patterns of increased intrinsic functional connectivity in patients with restless legs syndrome are associated with attentional control of sensory inputs

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 617, Issue , 2016, Pages 264-269

  Gorges, Martin ^a   Rosskopf, Johannes ^a   Müller, Hans Peter ^a   Lindemann, Klaas ^a   Hornyak, Magdolna ^a,b   Kassubek, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Neuropsychiatry Centre Erding München   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectivity networks; Intrinsic functional connectivity; Magnetic resonance imaging; Resting state connectivity study; Restless legs syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; THALAMUS; VENTRAL ATTENTION NETWORK; VENTRAL STRIATUM; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 84978516891     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.02.043     Document Type: Article

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