Occurrence of 'microsleeps' during daytime sleep onset in normal subjects

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 411-416

  Harrison, Y ^a   Horne, J A ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daytime sleepiness; Microsleeps; Multiple sleep latency test; Sleep onset

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP STAGE; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0030014189     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(96)95612-6     Document Type: Article

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