Imbalance between thyroid hormones and the dopaminergic system might be central to the pathophysiology of restless legs syndrome: a hypothesis

Data collected from medical literature indicate that dopaminergic agonists alleviate Restless Legs Syndrome symptoms while dopaminergic agonists antagonists aggravate them. Dopaminergic agonists is a physiological regulator of thyroid-stimulating hormone. Dopaminergic agonists infusion diminishes th...

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Main Authors: Jose Carlos Pereira Jr., Marcia Pradella-Hallinan, Hugo de Lins Pessoa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2010-01-01
Series:Clinics
Subjects:
RLS
TSH
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322010000500013