Recalling and forgetting dreams: Theta and Alpha Oscillations During Sleep Predict Subsequent Dream Recall

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 6674-6683

  Marzano, Cristina ^a   Ferrara, Michele ^b   Mauro, Federica ^a   Moroni, Fabio ^a,c   Gorgoni, Maurizio ^a   Tempesta, Daniela ^b   Cipolli, Carlo ^c   de Gennaro, Luigi ^a,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DREAM; DREAM RECALL; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEURONS; SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79955772643     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0412-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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