This review summarizes the brain mechanisms controlling sleep and wakefulness.
Wakefulness promoting systems cause low-voltage, fast activity in the …

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 …

Background In 2003, following a workshop at the National Institutes of Health, the
International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG) developed updated …

Background: Restless legs syndrome is a common yet frequently undiagnosed sensorimotor
disorder. In 1995, the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group developed …

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 …

Gender differences in sleep become apparent after the onset of puberty. Menstrual cycles,
pregnancy, and menopause can alter sleep architecture. Gender-related differences in …

The objective of the study was to determine if sleep disorder, depression or anxiety
screening status was associated with safety outcomes in a diverse population of hospital …

OBJECTIVES. Restless legs syndrome, a common neurologic sleep disorder, occurs in 5%
to 10% of adults in the United States and Western Europe. Although∼ 25% of adults with …

Objective: We evaluated the cross-sectional association between restless legs syndrome
(RLS) and prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a large community-based sample of …

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a somatosensory network disorder that is clinically
diagnosed according to four main criteria: an urge to move the legs, usually associated with …