Sex differences in delta and alpha EEG activities in healthy older adults

Sleep

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1525-1534

  Latta, Federica ^a   Leproult, Rachel ^a   Tasali, Esra ^a   Hofmann, Elisa ^a   Van Cauter, Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alpha activity; Delta activity; Sex differences; Sleep homeostasis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 28544443087     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/28.12.1525     Document Type: Article

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