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Martin Michaud
Researcher at Université de Montréal
Publications - 21
Citations - 1755
Martin Michaud is an academic researcher from Université de Montréal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Restless legs syndrome & Polysomnography. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1671 citations.
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SPECT imaging of striatal pre- and postsynaptic dopaminergic status in restless legs syndrome with periodic leg movements in sleep
TL;DR: The hypothesis that a central DA dysfunction is involved in the physiopathology of RLS-PLMS is supported by the results of the SPECT studies, which revealed a significantly lower binding in patients of both RLS and PLMS.
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Periodic leg movements in REM sleep behavior disorder and related autonomic and EEG activation.
TL;DR: In idiopathic RBD, the reduction of cardiac and EEG activation associated with PLMS suggests the presence of an impaired autonomic and cortical reactivity to internal stimuli.
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Sleep laboratory diagnosis of restless legs syndrome.
TL;DR: While the SIT PLM, thePLMS and the PLMS-arousal indices revealed a poor ability to discriminate patients from controls, the PLMW index and the MDS both showed high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing RLS.
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Periodic leg movements are not more prevalent in insomnia or hypersomnia but are specifically associated with sleep disorders involving a dopaminergic impairment.
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Circadian rhythm of restless legs syndrome: relationship with biological markers
Martin Michaud,Marie Dumont,Brahim Selmaoui,Jean Paquet,Maria Livia Fantini,Jacques Montplaisir +5 more
TL;DR: Although the symptoms were more severe in patients than in controls, a significant circadian variation in leg discomfort and PLM was found for both groups and suggest that melatonin might be implicated in the worsening of RLS symptoms in the evening and during the night.