The functional significance of K-complexes

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 139-149

  Amzica, Florin ^a   Steriade, Mircea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortex; Neurones; Oscillations; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; DEAFFERENTATION; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OSCILLATION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SLEEP; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP STAGE; SPIKE WAVE;

EID: 0036526033     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2001.0181     Document Type: Review

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