[S-01] Symposium 01

[S-01-3] Seasonal Exacerbation of Subjective Symptoms in Patients with Restless Legs Syndrome

Kentaro Matsui (Department of Clinical Laboratory, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan)

Kentaro Matsui, MD PhD, is a medical director in the Department of Clinical Laboratory, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry. He is a board-certified physician of the Japanese Society of Sleep Research and a board-certified psychiatrist of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology. He obtained his medical degree in 2009 and received his PhD in 2016 (restless legs syndrome in hemodialysis patients) in Tokyo, Japan. His main research interests are sleepiness, insomnia, circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, parasomnias, sleep-related movement disorders, and schizophrenia. He has authored 43 original peer-reviewed articles in English, and more than 50 publications in Japanese. His h-index is 12 (Google Scholar).