Debora Aricò

TL;DR: The nature of the relation between periodic leg movements during sleep (PLMS) and cortical arousals is characterized to contribute to the debate on the clinical significance and treatment of PLMS.

TL;DR: RLS can be screened with high sensitivity and good reliability in large patient groups by means of the single question and the final diagnosis should always be confirmed by the diagnostic features of RLS and accompanied by a careful search for comorbid conditions.

TL;DR: This study shows peculiar CAP modifications in children with Asperger syndrome and represents an attempt to correlate the quantification of sleep EEG oscillations with the degree of mental ability/disability.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that CAP slow components are modified by a learning task during the day preceding sleep is confirmed and support the idea that these components may play a role in sleep-related cognitive processes.

TL;DR: Patients with RLS show significant abnormalities in sleep microstructure, represented by an excessive sleep instability/discontinuity, and acute pramipexole administration seems to exert no action on these abnormalities; the moderate effects seen on sleep architecture might be interpreted as the beneficial consequence of the removal of presleep RLS symptoms and PLMS.