Dynamics of the sleep EEG after an early evening nap: Experimental data and simulations

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3 40-3, 1996, Pages

  Werth, Esther ^a   Dijk, Derk Jan ^a   Achermann, Peter ^a   Borbély, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

model; sleep spindles; slow waves; spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SIMULATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

EID: 0029797549     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.271.3.r501     Document Type: Article

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