Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 177-183 , January 2008

Cerebral correlates of muscle tone fluctuations in restless legs syndrome: A pilot study with combined functional magnetic resonance imaging and anterior tibial muscle electromyography

  • Kai Spiegelhalder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Bernd Feige

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Dominik Paul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Medical Physics, University Hospital, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Dieter Riemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Ludger Tebartz van Elst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Erich Seifritz

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital of Clinical Psychiatry, Bolligenstraße 111, 3000 Bern 60, Switzerland
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  • Jürgen Hennig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Section of Medical Physics, University Hospital, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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  • Magdolna Hornyak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Hauptstraße 5, 79104 Freiburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 761 270 6501; fax: +49 761 270 6619.

Received 23 October 2006 ,Revised 19 March 2007 ,Accepted 30 March 2007.

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PII: S1389-9457(07)00128-1

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.03.021

Sleep Medicine
Volume 9, Issue 2 , Pages 177-183 , January 2008

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