Analysis of polysomnographic events surrounding 252 slow-wave sleep arousals in thirty-eight adults with injurious sleepwalking and sleep terrors

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-166

  Schenck, Carlos H ^a,b   Pareja, Juan A ^a   Patterson, Andrea L ^a   Mahowald, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal disorders of arousal; Electrocardiogram; Electroencephalogram; Parasomnia; Sleep (night) terrors sleepwalking; Slow wave sleep delta sleep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHTMARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WALKING; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOMNAMBULISM;

EID: 0031849673     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199803000-00010     Document Type: Article

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