Time Periods in the Nasal Cycle during Night Sleep

Biological Rhythm Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 355-366

  Atanasov, Atanas Tadorov ^a   Dimov, Pavel D ^a   Dimitrov, Borislav D ^b,c  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ST GEORGE   (Bulgaria)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Nasal cycle; Sleep cycle; Time periods; Ultradian rhythms

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; SLEEP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NASAL CYCLE; NIGHT SLEEP; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE CONGESTION; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; ULTRADIAN RHYTHM; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 1642335781     PISSN: 09291016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/brhm.34.4.355.26226     Document Type: Article

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