Sleep deprivation (SD) has become a relevant health problem in modern societies. We can
be sleep deprived due to lifestyle habits or due to sleep disorders, such as insomnia …

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) has gained considerable attention in the recent years: nearly
50 community-based studies have been published in the last decade around the world. The …

The majority of individuals with depression experience sleep disturbances. Depression is
also over-represented among populations with a variety of sleep disorders. Although sleep …

Background Restless legs syndrome (RLS), a common sensorimotor disorder, has a wide
range of severity from merely annoying to affecting sleep and quality of life severely enough …

Sleep disorders are frequent (18%–23%) and constitute a major risk factor for psychiatric,
cardiovascular, metabolic or hormonal co-morbidity and mortality. Low social status or …

Restless legs syndrome (RLS), also known as Willis–Ekbom Disease (WED), is a
sensorimotor disorder for which the exact pathophysiology remains unclear. Brain iron …

Background Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is characterized by the desire to move the limbs
associated with paresthesias of the legs, a motor restlessness, an intensification of …

Background: Periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD) and restless legs syndrome (RLS)
are two sleep disorders characterized by abnormal leg movements and are responsible for …

Each of us will spend about 27 years of his or her lifetime sleeping. This fact alone explains
why neuro-anatomists and neuro-physiologists have been studying sleep for over a century …

Autonomic cardiovascular control changes across sleep stages. Thus, blood pressure (BP),
heart rate and peripheral vascular resistance progressively decrease in non-rapid eye …