Synchrony, sleep, dreams, and consciousness: Clues from K-complexes

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 909-911

  Mahowald, Mark W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; DREAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NOTE; OSCILLOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; TIME;

CONSCIOUSNESS; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OSCILLOMETRY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031255450     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.4.909     Document Type: Article

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