Facial muscle activation during sleep and its relation to the rapid eye movements of REM sleep

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1 PART I, 2011, Pages 82-91

  Rivera García, Ana Paula ^a   Ramírez Salado, Ignacio ^a   Corsi Cabrera, María ^b   Calvo, José María ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

EMG activity; Facial muscles; Rapid eye movements; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751495285     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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