Sleep spindles: An overview

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 423-440

  De Gennaro, Luigi ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Circadian phase; Cortical topography; Information processing; K complex; Sigma activity; Sleep deprivation; Slow wave activity; Spindle; Thalamocortical network

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

AGING; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DELTA RHYTHM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; NONREM SLEEP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP STAGE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0141530938     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/smrv.2002.0252     Document Type: Editorial

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