Sleep stages preceding spontaneous awakenings in the elderly

Sleep Research Online

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 73-77

  Salzarulo, Piero ^a   Fagioli, Igino ^b   Lombardo, Pasquale ^a   Gori, Sara ^c   Gneri, Carlo ^c   Chiaramonti, Roberta ^a   Murri, Luigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; STATISTICS; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033301468     PISSN: 1096214X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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