Fronto-occipital EEG power gradients in human sleep

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 102-112

  Werth, Esther ^a   Achermann, Peter ^a   Borbély, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain topography; EEG; NREM sleep; REM sleep; Slow wave activity; Spindle frequency activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SPECTROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030764550     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1997.d01-36.x     Document Type: Article

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