Changes in sleep spindle activity of subjects with chronic somatosensitive and sensorial deficits. Preliminary results

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 423-428

  Scrofani, A ^a,b   Cioni, M ^a   Filetti, S ^a   Lanaia, F ^a   Pennisi, G ^a   Bella, R ^a   Grasso, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Sensorial deficits; Sleep; Sleep spindles; Somatosentitive deficits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEREDITARY MOTOR SENSORY NEUROPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION; SLEEP; THALAMUS;

BLINDNESS; CHARCOT-MARIE-TOOTH DISEASE; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSATION; SLEEP; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030340225     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01997717     Document Type: Article

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