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First night efficacy of pramipexole in restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movementsMauro Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele, Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
Sleep Med 8:491-7. 2007..Restless legs syndrome (RLS) seems to improve immediately after a single dose of dopamine-agonists (DA). The aim of the present study was to investigate the acute effects of a low standard dose of pramipexole in RLS drug-naïve patients...
Multicenter case-control study on restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosis: the REMS studyMauro Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Scientific Institute and Ospedale San Raffaele, Via Stamira d Ancona 20, 20127 Milan, Italy
Sleep 31:944-52. 2008..To verify the existence of a symptomatic form of restless legs syndrome (RLS) secondary to multiple sclerosis (MS) and to identify possible associated risk factors...
Cerebral blepharoptosis: two new cases, literature review and proposal for diagnostic criteriaM Manconi
Department of Neurology, Vita Salute University, I R C C S San Raffaele, Via Stamira d Ancona 20, I 20127, Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 27:161-5. 2006..Two new cases of CP and a complete literature review are reported in this paper. Because no unanimous criteria for CP diagnosis are currently available, a proposal for new criteria is also included...
Defining the boundaries of the response of sleep leg movements to a single dose of dopamine agonistMauro Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele, Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
Sleep 31:1229-37. 2008..To define which leg movements (LM) associated with restless legs syndrome (RLS) respond to dopamine-agonist treatment and verify if they fall within current diagnostic criteria for periodic LM during sleep (PLMS)...
Case of symptomatic propriospinal myoclonus evolving toward acute "myoclonic status"Mauro Manconi
Department of Neurology, Vita Salute University, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Turro, Milan, Italy
Mov Disord 20:1646-50. 2005..It is necessary to consider this severe progression and support it with prompt emergency maneuvers and adequate pharmacotherapy...
Restless legs syndrome and pregnancyM Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Vita Salute University, IRCCS H S Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Neurology 63:1065-9. 2004..To perform a large and detailed epidemiologic study on restless legs syndrome (RLS) during pregnancy and the puerperium...
High prevalence of restless legs syndrome in multiple sclerosisM Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Scientific Institute, University Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Eur J Neurol 14:534-9. 2007..RLS is a very common finding in MS patients and should be considered amongst the symptomatic RLS forms. RLS is also associated with higher disability...
Measuring the error in sleep estimation in normal subjects and in patients with insomniaMauro Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele, Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
J Sleep Res 19:478-86. 2010..The MI gives a reliable and immediate description of sleep misperception in healthy and insomnia subjects. Its application supports the existence of the high misperception of insomnia as a separate pathological entity...
Effects of acute dopamine-agonist treatment in restless legs syndrome on heart rate variability during sleepMauro Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neuroscience, Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele, Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
Sleep Med 12:47-55. 2011..To compare heart rate variability (HRV) changes in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) and in healthy subjects, and to evaluate HRV before and after treatment with pramipexole in RLS patients...
Association between bruxism and nocturnal groaningMauro Manconi
Center of Sleep Medicine, Department of Neurology, Scientific Institute of San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Mov Disord 23:737-9. 2008..The hypothesis of a common trigger mechanism for NG and bruxism, through an arousal-induced activation, is discussed...
Pramipexole versus ropinirole: polysomnographic acute effects in restless legs syndromeMauro Manconi
Department of Neurology, Sleep Disorders Center, Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele, Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
Mov Disord 26:892-5. 2011..Pramipexole and ropinirole have become the first-line treatment for restless legs syndrome. The aim of this study was to perform the first direct comparison between these two molecules in restless legs syndrome...
Time structure analysis of leg movements during sleep in REM sleep behavior disorderMauro Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, H San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Universita Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Sleep 30:1779-85. 2007..To compare the time structure of leg movements (LM) during sleep of patients with rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) with that of patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) or control subjects...
Periodic leg movements in Cheyne-Stokes respirationM Manconi
Centre of Sleep Medicine, Dept of Neurology, Scientific Institute of San Raffaele, Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
Eur Respir J 32:1656-62. 2008....
Event-related potentials in idiopathic rapid eye movements sleep behaviour disorderAlberto Raggi
Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, San Raffaele Turro Hospital, Via Stamira d Ancona 20, 20127 Milan, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 118:669-75. 2007..To assess psychophysiological parameters in idiopathic rapid eye movements sleep behaviour disorder (RBD), in order to identify possible markers for pre or sub-clinical cognitive abnormalities...
Topiramate treatment for nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsyAlessandro Oldani
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, HSR Turro and Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Seizure 15:649-52. 2006..Aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of the antiepileptic drug topiramate (TPM) in a sample of patients with nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (NFLE)...
Longitudinal study of cognitive function in idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorderMaria Livia Fantini
Sleep Disorders Center, Universita Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Sleep 34:619-25. 2011..To assess the longitudinal course of cognitive functions in a cohort of patients with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder (iRBD)...
Nocturnal eating: sleep-related eating disorder or night eating syndrome? A videopolysomnographic studyRoberto Vetrugno
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
Sleep 29:949-54. 2006..To describe the clinical and videopolysomnographic characteristics of nocturnal eating episodes in sleep-related eating disorder...
Effects of reboxetine on sleep and nocturnal cardiac autonomic activity in patients with dysthymiaLuigi Ferini-Strambi
Sleep Disorders Center, Universita Vita Salute, IRCCS H San Raffaele, Italy
J Psychopharmacol 18:417-22. 2004..Long-term treatment with 4 mg reboxetine does not cause significant changes in cardiac autonomic function...
Response to Clinical Corners case (Sleep Medicine 6/2: 83-4): Pregnancy associated with daytime sleepiness and nighttime restlessnessMauro Manconi
Department of Neurology, Sleep Disorders Center, Vita-Salute University, IRCCS H S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Sleep Med 6:477-8. 2005
The behavioural features of fatal familial insomnia: A new Italian case with pathological verificationAlberto Raggi
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, San Raffaele Turro Hospital, 20127 Milan, Italy
Sleep Med 10:581-5. 2009..We report a new, pathologically verified Italian case of fatal familial insomnia, whose clinical presentation was characterised by complex behavioural disturbances, suggesting wakefulness/NREM/REM combinations...
'Nocturnal groaning': just a sound or parasomnia?A Oldani
Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Neurology, HSR Turro and Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
J Sleep Res 14:305-10. 2005..The results obtained from empirical treatment, including drugs and CPAP, are unsatisfactory. The origins of nocturnal groaning, as well as the long-term prognosis, remained unexplained...
Transient RLS during pregnancy is a risk factor for the chronic idiopathic formE Cesnik
Section of Neurological Clinic, Ferrara University, Ferrara, Italy
Neurology 75:2117-20. 2010..The goal of the present survey is to investigate whether restless legs syndrome during pregnancy represents a risk factor for later development of restless legs syndrome...
EEG synchronisation during sleep-related epileptic seizures as a new tool to discriminate confusional arousals from paroxysmal arousals: preliminary findingsM Zucconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Universita Vita Salute San Raffaele, Via Stamira d Ancona 20, I 20127 Milan, Italy
Neurol Sci 26:s199-204. 2005..This new approach might be useful to differentiate motor seizures, emerging from NREM sleep, from parasomnias (arousal disorders) when both ictal and interictal EEGs are uninformative...
Treatment of restless legs syndromeLuigi Ferini-Strambi
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neuroscience, Universita Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 15:S65-70. 2009..Pharmacological treatment should be limited to those patients who suffer from clinically relevant RLS with impaired sleep quality or quality of life. Treatment on demand is a clinical need in RLS cases that present intermittent symptoms...
Restless legs syndrome is a common finding in multiple sclerosis and correlates with cervical cord damageM Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Scientific Institute and University Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Mult Scler 14:86-93. 2008..RLS symptoms are very common in MS. This form of RLS should be considered as symptomatic. Higher disability and cervical cord damage represent a significant risk factor for RLS in MS patients...
Pregnancy as a risk factor for restless legs syndromeMauro Manconi
Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Vita Salute University, IRCCS H S Raffaele, V Stamira d Ancona 20, 20127 Milan, Italy
Sleep Med 5:305-8. 2004..RLS in pregnant women is frequently unrecognized; they are often worried about the symptoms and do not receive an adequate explanation by doctors...
Neurophysiological study of corticomotor pathways in restless legs syndromeR Quatrale
Department of Neurology, S Anna Hospital, University of Ferrara, C so Giovecca, 203 I 44100 Ferrara, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 114:1638-45. 2003..Moreover, in primary RLS, these modifications are still debated...
A quantitative statistical analysis of the submentalis muscle EMG amplitude during sleep in normal controls and patients with REM sleep behavior disorderRaffaele Ferri
Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I C, Oasi Institute IRCCS, Troina, Italy
J Sleep Res 17:89-100. 2008....
Different periodicity and time structure of leg movements during sleep in narcolepsy/cataplexy and restless legs syndromeRaffaele Ferri
Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I C, Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging IRCCS, Troina, Italy
Sleep 29:1587-94. 2006..To analyze periodic leg movements (PLM) during sleep in patients with narcolepsy and compare the results with those obtained in normal controls and subjects with restless legs syndrome (RLS)...
Heart rate and spectral EEG changes accompanying periodic and non-periodic leg movements during sleepRaffaele Ferri
Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I C, Oasi Institute IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy
Clin Neurophysiol 118:438-48. 2007..To evaluate the changes in heart rate (HR) and EEG spectra accompanying periodic (PLM) and non-periodic leg movements (NPLM) during sleep in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS)...
New approaches to the study of periodic leg movements during sleep in restless legs syndromeRaffaele Ferri
Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I C, Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging IRCCS, Troina, Italy
Sleep 29:759-69. 2006..To describe a new approach for the analysis of quantity, type, and periodicity of the leg motor activity during sleep in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) and periodic leg movements (PLM)...
Computer-assisted detection of nocturnal leg motor activity in patients with restless legs syndrome and periodic leg movements during sleepRaffaele Ferri
Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology I C, Oasi Institute IRCCS, Troina, Italy
Sleep 28:998-1004. 2005..To assess the performance of a new method for automatic detection of periodic leg movements during sleep...
Is there a decrease in Guillain-Barré syndrome incidence after bovine ganglioside withdrawal in Italy? A population-based study in the Local Health District of Ferrara, ItalyVittorio Govoni
Sezione di Clinica Neurologica, Dipartimento di Discipline Medico Chirurgiche della Comunicazione e del Comportamento, Universita degli Studi di Ferrara, Corso della Giovecca 203, I 44100, Ferrara, Italy
J Neurol Sci 216:99-103. 2003..This temporal pattern did not seem related to ganglioside withdrawal, and no definite explanation for it was found which could imply that the disease incidence is less stable than it was deemed...
Pramipexole in Restless Legs syndrome. Evaluation by suggested immobilization testMauro Manconi
J Neurol 250:1494-5. 2003
Anterior spinal artery syndrome complicated by the ondine curseMauro Manconi
Units of Neurology, St Orsola Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Arch Neurol 60:1787-90. 2003..Anterior spinal artery (ASA) syndrome results in motor palsy and dissociated sensory loss below the level of the lesion, accompanied by bladder dysfunction. When the cervical spine is involved, breathing disorders may be observed...
Restless legs syndrome among pregnant womenMauro Manconi
Sleep 27:350; author reply 351. 2004
Incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the local health district of Ferrara, Italy, 1964-1998Vittorio Govoni
Sezione di Clinica Neurologica, Dipartimento di Discipline Medico Chirurgiche della Comunicazione e del Comportamento, Universita degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italia
Neuroepidemiology 22:229-34. 2003..The role of environmental factors cannot be excluded, but based on the present findings, it seems to be of little importance...
