Abstract A large International Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Study Group has been formed.
As its first task, the group has taken upon itself the role of definig the clinical features of the …

Restlesslegs syndrome (RLS), although long ignored and still much underdiagnosed,
disrupts the life and sleep considerably of those who have it. Recent clinicaland basic …

This paper is a review of the literature on the use of polysomnography in the diagnosis of
sleep disorders in the adult. It is based on a search of MEDLINE from January 1966 through …

Objective: To test the hypothesis that periodic limb movements (PLMs) are related to spinal
flexor reflexes (FRs), the authors compared the state-dependent changes in FR excitability …

The blink reflex (BR) is a generalised phenomenon in mammals. Its teleological protective
eye function is perhaps the reason why the BR can be provoked by a multitude of stimuli. As …

Pursuant to the clinical suspicion that restless legs syndrome (RLS) may involve
dopaminergic diencephalic spinal neurons (A11), we performed stereotaxic bilateral 6 …

A task force consisting of six authors reviewed the published literature on the therapy of the
restless legs syndrome or periodic limb movements in sleep available in indices through …

It has been suggested that sleep disturbances in multiple sclerosis (MS) may be related to
periodic leg movements (PLM) during sleep, but to date polysomnographic studies were …

Periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) is a disorder characterized by a cyclic pattern of
motor phenomena and EEG changes (mostly arousals), both recurring at∼ 20-to 40-s …

The past decade has seen an explosion of interest in both idiopathic and secondary restless
legs syndrome (RLS). Secondary RLS occurs in patients with uremia, pregnancy, and iron …