Topographical distribution of spindles: Variations between and within NREM sleep cycles

Sleep Research Online

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 155-160

  De Gennaro, Luigi ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^a   Bertini, Mario ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0034569987     PISSN: 1096214X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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