Quantitative electroencephalogram (EEG) in insomnia: A new window on pathophysiological mechanisms

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 14, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 3446-3455

  Marzano, Cristina ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^b   Sforza, Emilia ^c   De Gennaro, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c REIMS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

EEG power; EEG topography; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Individual differences; Insomnia; Local sleep; Paradoxical insomnia

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DELTA RHYTHM; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INSOMNIA; LATENT PERIOD; PARADOXICAL INSOMNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TOPOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 58949097127     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161208786549326     Document Type: Review

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