(Erlangen, Germany) with an eight-channel head coil. fMRI scans were performed
during RLS-free periods and in “off” medication state to reduce the effect of
the medication on the images. During the data acquisition process, all subjects
were asked to close their eyes and lie quietly for magnetic resonance scanning.
The three-dimensional structural images were produced with a T1-weighted
Magnetization-Prepared Rapid Gradient-Echo (MP-RAGE) sequence on the condition
of repetition time = 1900 ms, echo time = 2.27 ms, flip angle = 9°,
thickness = 1.0 mm, field of view = 256 × 256 mm2, and
matrix = 256 × 256. Resting-state functional images were collected using
anecho-planar imaging sequence with 31 axial slices, repetition time = 2000 ms,
echo time = 30 ms, flip angle = 90°, thickness = 3.5 mm, gap = 0.35 mm, field of
view = 224 × 224 mm2, and matrix = 64 × 64 and 240 time points.