The neurophysiology and sleep and waking: Intracerebral connections, functioning and ascending influences of the medulla oblongata

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-54

  Gottesmann, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; RETICULAR FORMATION; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032991896     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0082(98)00094-X     Document Type: Review

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