Reduced Alpha power associated with the recall of mentation from Stage 2 and Stage REM sleep

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 288-297

  Esposito, Maria José ^a,b   Nielsen, Tore A ^a,c   Paquette, Tyna ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha power; Delta power; Dreaming; Quantitative EEG; REM sleep; Sleep mentation; Stage 2 sleep

Indexed keywords

STAGE 2 SLEEP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COGNITION; DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; THINKING;

ALPHA RHYTHM; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 1942440435     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.00143.x     Document Type: Article

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