Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Ave Campus Box 8108, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Curr Biol. 2012 Jun 19;22(12):R485-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.05.004.
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.
不宁腿综合征是一种病因不明的奇特的神经紊乱疾病。一项新的研究发现,在果蝇与人基因 BTBD9 同源的突变体中,BTBD9 已被认为是不宁腿的一个风险因素,果蝇会表现出该综合征的重要特征。