ReviewCurrent neurology and neuroscience reports2013
Imaging brain functional and metabolic changes in restless legs syndrome.
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- Putative Animal Models of Restless Legs Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Evaluation of Their Face and Construct Validity.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2023Pooled it
- Unraveling Restless Legs Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review of Current Research and Future Directions.International journal of general medicine · 2025Review
- Acupuncture treatment of restless legs syndrome: a randomized clinical controlled study protocol based on PET-CT and fMRI.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Metabolomics in Central Sensitivity Syndromes.Metabolites · 2020Review
- Differential functional connectivity in thalamic and dopaminergic pathways in restless legs syndrome: a meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2020Article
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- Alterations of Sub-cortical Gray Matter Volume and Their Associations With Disease Duration in Patients With Restless Legs Syndrome.Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
- Brain imaging and networks in restless legs syndrome.Sleep medicine · 2017Review
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- Brain MR Contribution to the Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonian Syndromes: An Update.Parkinson's disease · 2016Review
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- Possible association between vitamin D deficiency and restless legs syndrome.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2014Article
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Abstract
Even though the pathophysiology of restless legs syndrome is not completely understood, several imaging studies have contributed to our understanding of the disease. Functional and metabolic impairment seems to be the pathophysiological core, tied to a single brain network or multiple connected brain networks, via neurotransmitter modifications. Positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography studies support a dysfunction of dopaminergic pathways, involving not only the nigrostriatal pathway but also the mesolimbic pathway. Furthermore, a possible role of serotonergic neurotransmission has been suggested. Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have demonstrated in restless legs syndrome patients a pathologic activation of cerebral areas belonging to both the sensorimotor and the limbic networks. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy has confirmed abnormality of the limbic system and suggested the presence of a glutamatergic disorder. Finally magnetic resonance studies using iron-sensitive sequences have demonstrated reduced iron content in several regions of the brain of restless legs syndrome patients. In this review we attempt to integrate all current imaging study results into a convergent pathophysiological interpretation.
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