Effect of age on the sleep EEG: Slow-wave activity and spindle frequency activity in young and middle-aged men

Brain Research

Volumn 738, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-212

  Landolt, Hans Peter ^a   Dijk, Derk Jan ^a   Achermann, Peter ^a   Borbély, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aging; circadian rhythm; sleep homeostasis; sleep regulation; sleep spindle; slow wave; spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0030569376     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00770-6     Document Type: Article

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