Unresolved issues in sleep ontogeny: A response to Blumberg et al

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-101

  Frank, Marcos G ^a   Craig Heller, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atonia; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFANCY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCLONUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; NOTE; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SPECTROSCOPY; THETA RHYTHM; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 15444367011     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00430_2.x     Document Type: Note

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