A review of sleep disorders in depression;Una revisión de las alteraciones del sueño en la depresión

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 366-375

  Cano Lozano, M C ^a   Espinosa Fernandez L ^a   Miro E ^b   Buela Casal, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Depression; Electroencephalogram; REM sleep; Sleep; Sleep disorders; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP TIME;

EID: 0038327750     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3604.2002051     Document Type: Review

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