Dynamics of EEG spindle frequency activity during extended sleep in humans: Relationship to slow-wave activity and time of day

Brain Research

Volumn 748, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 131-136

  Aeschbach, Daniel ^a,b   Dijk, Derk Jan ^b   Borbély, Alexander A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

electroencephalogram; extended sleep; slow wave activity; spectral analysis; spindle frequency activity; thalamocortical neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SPECTROSCOPY; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031043920     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01275-9     Document Type: Article

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