Rapid eye movements density as a measure of sleep need: REM density decreases linearly with the reduction of prior sleep duration

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 556-561

  Lucidi, Fabio ^a   Devoto, Alessandra ^a   Violani, Cristiano ^a   De Gennaro, Luigi ^a   Mastracci, Paola ^a   Bertini, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

REM density; sleep curtailment; slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION;

EID: 0030477909     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(96)95671-0     Document Type: Article

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