Alpha EEG coherence in different brain states: An electrophysiological index of the arousal level in human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 271, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-162

  Bielefeldt, Klaus ^a   Whiteis, Carol A ^a   Chapleau, Mark W ^a   Abboud, Francois M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alert index; Alpha activity; Drowsiness; EEG coherence; Humans; Rapid eye movement sleep; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; ANIMAL; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NODOSE GANGLION; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PAPA NONOATE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMALS; HYDRAZINES; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NODOSE GANGLION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0033609664     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00553-4     Document Type: Article

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