Neurological disorders: Towards a mechanistic understanding of restless legs syndrome

Paul J. Shaw; Stephen P. Duntley

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.004

Neurological disorders: Towards a mechanistic understanding of restless legs syndrome

Paul J. Shaw
, Stephen P. Duntley

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Abstract

Restless legs syndrome is a curious neurological disorder of unknown aetiology. A new study has found that Drosophila mutants in the fly homologue of a human gene, BTBD9, that has been implicated as a risk factor for restless legs display important features of the syndrome.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	R485-R486
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	22
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.004
State	Published - Jun 19 2012

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