ArticleJournal of sleep research2021
Working memory deficits in patients with idiopathic restless legs syndrome are associated with abnormal theta-band neural synchrony.
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- Restless legs syndrome and cognitive function among adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neurology · 2023Pooled it
- Neural Correlates of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Based on Electroencephalogram (EEG)-A Mechanistic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Longitudinal Cognitive Trajectories in Older Adults with Restless Legs Syndrome or Willis-Ekbom Disease.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Explainable Machine-Learning-Based Characterization of Abnormal Cortical Activities for Working Memory of Restless Legs Syndrome Patients.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Working memory deficits in patients with idiopathic restless legs syndrome are associated with abnormal theta-band neural synchrony.Journal of sleep research · 2021Article
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Abstract
Cognitive impairment, particularly prefrontal function, has been reported in patients with restless legs syndrome. However, working memory performance in patients with restless legs syndrome remains uncertain. The present study aimed to examine working memory performance in patients with restless legs syndrome by investigating electroencephalography theta-band oscillations within task-relevant brain regions and the synchronization among oscillations during a working memory task. Twelve female idiopathic patients with restless legs syndrome and 12 female healthy controls participated in this study. Nineteen-channel electroencephalography data were recorded while participants performed a Sternberg working memory task. We analysed event-related theta-band activity and interregional theta-band phase synchrony during the memory retrieval phase. The spatial pattern of theta-band phase synchrony was quantified using graph theory measures, including the clustering coefficient, characteristic path length, and small-world propensity. Considerable increases in theta-band activity and theta-band phase synchrony were observed at 600-700 ms in controls and at 650-750 ms in restless legs syndrome subjects after the probe item was presented. During this period, induced theta-band activity showed lower with borderline significance in the restless legs syndrome subjects than in the controls regardless of channel location (F
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