REM sleep atonia: From basic background to clinical application

Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 29-39

  Kohyama, Jun ^a,b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Phasic inhibition index; REM sleep; Tonic inhibition index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MUSCLE TONE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; MUSCLE TONUS; NEURAL INHIBITION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0035372444     PISSN: 13428810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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