Chaotic behavior of EEG slow-wave activity during sleep

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 539-543

  Ferri, Raffaele ^a   Alicata, Filippa ^a   Del Gracco, Stefano ^a   Elia, Maurizio ^a   Musumeci, Sebastiano A ^a   Stefanini, Maria C ^a  

^a OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

correlation dimension; deterministic chaos; power spectra; sleep regulation; slow wave activity; stochastic process

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

EID: 0030477483     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(96)95719-3     Document Type: Article

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