Dynamics of EEG background activity level during quiet sleep in multiple nocturnal sleep episodes in infants

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 621-626

  Fagioli, Igino ^a   Salzarulo, Piero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG automatic analysis; Infants; Night waking; NREM REM sleep cycle; Sleep homeostasis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTA RHYTHM; DYNAMICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; WAKEFULNESS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP, REM; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031446084     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(97)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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