RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 2005
Jeffrey Durmer, MD, PhD
Identification of restless legs syndrome in children
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA
Stephanie Miller Patton, PhD
The contribution of iron regulatory proteins (IRPs) to the
dysregulation of iron hemeostasis in RLS
Pennsylvania State University
MS Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Juliane Winkelmann, MD
EU-RLS-GENE – Three loci for RLS on chromosome
12q (RLS-1); 14q (RLS-2); and 9p (RLS-3) mapping study
Institute of Human Genetics
GSF National Research Center
Munich, Germany
Lorene M. Nelson, PhD and Stephen Van Den Eeden, PhD
Pilot study of restless legs syndrome in Kaiser Permanente
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, California
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RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 2004
Byron C. Jones, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
"Proposal to create mouse colony to identify candidate genes related to RLS"
Lorene Nelson, PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford CA
Pilot Study of Restless Legs Syndrome in Kaiser Permanente
Seiji Nishino MD, PhD
Stanford Center for Narcolepsy Research, Palo Alto CA
PLMS in hypocretin-deficient narcoleptic dogs
David Rye, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA
Neural substrates of and pharmacologic interventions for restless legs syndrome and paroxysmal limb movements during sleep (year 2)
Karin Stiasny-Kolster, MD
Department of Neurology, Marburg Germany
Quantitative sensory testing (QST) in RLS
Stephen V Van Den Eeden PhD
Kaiser - Division of Research, Oakland CA
Pilot Study of Restless Legs Syndrome in Kaisier Permanente
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RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 2003
James R Connor PhD
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Is Defective Transferrin Receptor Expression in the brain the underlying cause of RLS?
Shawn Hochman PhD
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Spinal Dopamine Dysfunction and Restless Legs Syndrome
Lan Xiong
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Dissecting Genes Involved in Restless Legs Syndrome in French-Canadian Population with Elevated Prevalence
Lorene Nelson PhD
Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford CA
Pilot Study of Restless Legs Syndrome in Kaiser Permanente
David Rye, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA
Neural substrates of and pharmacologic interventions for restless legs syndrome and paroxysmal limb movements during sleep (year 1)
Stephen V Van Den Eeden, PhD
Kaiser - Division of Research, Oakland CA
Pilot Study of Restless Legs Syndrome in Kaisier Permanente
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RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 2002
David B. Rye, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA
Genetic linkage analysis of RLS in Iceland (Year 2)
Yuan-Yang Lai, PhD,
University of California, Los Angeles, North Hills CA
Ventral mesopontine junction mediated muscle activity during sleep
Felipe Espinosa, DVM, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Potential mouse model for human-RLS (hRLS) (Year 2)
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RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 2001
James R. Connor, PhD
The Pennsylvania State University
Elucidating mechanisms for regulation of iron acquisition by the brain
Christopher J. Earley, MD, PhD
JHU Bayview Medical Center
Epidemiological study of an elderly twin cohort
Felipe Espinosa, DVM, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Potential mouse model for human-RLS (hRLS)
David B. Rye, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine
Genetic linkage analysis of RLS in Iceland (Year 1)
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RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 2000
William Ondo, MD
Baylor College of Medicine
For assistance with the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center
Judith Owens, MD, MPH
Brown University School of Medicine
Restless leg and periodic limb movements in children with iron deficiency anemia and elevated lead
Michael Polydefkis, MD
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
A Trial of gabapentin in RLS stratifying patients by presence/absence of small fiber neuropathy
David B. Rye, MD, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship for Drs. Amanda Freeman and Glenda Keating - Non-human primate model of PLMS
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RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 1999
William Bara-Jimenez, MD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Fellowship
Judith Owens, MD, MPH
Brown University School of Medicine
Restless leg and periodic limb movements in children with iron deficiency anemia and elevated lead
Guy Rouleau, MD, PhD
Montreal General Hospital Research Institute
Searching for genes predisposing to restless leg syndrome in the French-Canadian population
David Eidelberg, MD
NorthShoreUniversityHospital
A quantitative whole-brain imaging study of the dopamine transporter in the RLS using FP-betaCIT PET Scanning
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RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 1998
William Bara-Jimenez, MD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Fellowship
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RESEARCH GRANT AWARDS 1997
William Bara-Jimenez, MD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Fellowship