Spindle frequency activity in the sleep EEG: Individual differences and topographic distribution

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 535-542

  Werth, Esther ^a   Achermann, Peter ^a   Dijk, Derk Jan ^a   Borbély, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain topography; EEG; Spectral analysis; Spindle frequency activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; OSCILLATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SPECTROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP STAGES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030687918     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00070-9     Document Type: Article

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