Evolution of delta activity within the nonREM sleep episode: A biphasic hypothesis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 213-219

  Merica, H ^a   Blois, R ^a   Fortune, R D ^b   Gaillard, J M ^a  

^a Institutions Universitaires de Psychiatrie   (Switzerland)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anlytical model; Biphasic process; EEG; Neuronal activity; NREM sleep; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030814646     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00111-4     Document Type: Article

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