Sleep pathophysiology in posttraumatic stress disorder and idiopathic nightmare sufferers

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1092-1098

  Germain, Anne ^a,b,c   Nielsen, Tore A ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Idiopathic and posttraumatic nightmares; Periodic leg movements in sleep; Sleep disturbances

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIGHTMARE; NONREM SLEEP; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0242558992     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00071-4     Document Type: Article

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