The nature of arousal in sleep

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-23

  Halász, Péter ^a   Terzano, Mario ^b   Parrino, Liborio ^b   Bódizs, Róbert ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cyclic alternating pattern (CAP); K complex; Micro arousal; NREM sleep

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DISEASE MARKER; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTYPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 17044448781     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2004.00388.x     Document Type: Review

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