The frontal predominance in human EEG delta activity after sleep loss decreases with age

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1402-1410

  Münch, Mirjam ^a   Knoblauch, Vera ^a   Blatter, Katharina ^a   Schröder, Carmen ^a   Schnitzler, Corina ^a   Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a   Cajochen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Constant routine; Sleep homeostasis; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DELTA RHYTHM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4544353950     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03580.x     Document Type: Article

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