The K-complex: Its slow (<1-Hz) rhythmicity and relation to delta waves

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 952-959

  Amzica, Florin ^a   Steriade, Mircea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CAT; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

EID: 0030723384     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.4.952     Document Type: Article

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