EFFECTS OF BROMOCRIPTINE ON PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENTS IN HUMAN NARCOLEPSY

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BOIVIN, DB [1 ]
LORRAIN, D [1 ]
MONTPLAISIR, J [1 ]
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[1] HOP SACRE COEUR, CTR ETUD SOMMEIL, 5400 BOUL GOUIN OUEST, MONTREAL H4J 1C5, QUEBEC, CANADA
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10.1212/WNL.43.10.2134
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We studied the effects of bromocriptine on periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) of narcoleptic patients. Bromocriptine significantly reduced the number and index of PLMS without improving the nocturnal sleep disruption in that disorder. These results support the hypothesis that dopaminergic mechanisms are involved in the physiopathology of PLMS, and suggest that PLMS do not play a major role in the nocturnal sleep disruption of narcoleptic patients.
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