Purpose of REM sleep: Endogenous anti-epileptogenesis in man - A hypothesis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 546-548

  Jaseja, Harinder ^a,b  

^a G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SEIZURE; SLEEP;

EID: 1842505510     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.12.010     Document Type: Article

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