Analysis of oscillatory patterns in the human sleep EEG using a novel detection algorithm

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 337-346

  Olbrich, E ^a,b   Achermann, P ^c  

^a PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillations; Autoregressive model; Delta oscillations; Sleep spindles

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SEX ROLE; SLEEP; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP STAGE; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 29244469107     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2005.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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