EEG slow (∼1 Hz) waves are associated with nonstationarity of thalamo-cortical sensory processing in the sleeping human

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1205-1213

  Massimini, Marcello ^a   Rosanova, Mario ^a   Mariotti, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SLEEP; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; WAKEFULNESS; BRAIN CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE TRACT; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; SLEEP; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037338808     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00373.2002     Document Type: Article

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