EFFECTS OF BROMOCRIPTINE ON PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENTS IN HUMAN NARCOLEPSY

Authors
BOIVIN DB LORRAIN D MONTPLAISIR J
Citation
Db. Boivin et al., EFFECTS OF BROMOCRIPTINE ON PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENTS IN HUMAN NARCOLEPSY, Neurology, 43(10), 1993, pp. 2134-2136
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
43
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2134 - 2136
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1993)43:10<2134:EOBOPL>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We studied the effects of bromocriptine on periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) of narcoleptic patients. Bromocriptine significantly redu ced the number and index of PLMS without improving the nocturnal sleep disruption in that disorder. These results support the hypothesis tha t 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.