Thalidomide increases both REM and stage 3-4 sleep in human adults: A preliminary study

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-115

  Kanbayashi, Takashi ^a   Shimizu, Tetsuo ^a   Takahashi, Yuji ^a   Kitajima, Tsuyoshi ^a   Takahashi, Ken Ichi ^a   Saito, Yasushi ^a   Hishikawa, Yasuo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EEG; Hypnotic; Immune system; Sleep; Thalidomide; TNF alpha

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; THALIDOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP;

EID: 0033082365     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/22.1.113     Document Type: Article

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