Yawning throughout life

Frontiers of Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue , 2010, Pages 26-31

  Giganti, F ^a   Salzarulo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCEPTION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS; YAWNING;

EID: 77952750551     PISSN: 16604431     EISSN: 16622804     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000307072     Document Type: Review

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