Genetics of electroencephalography during wakefulness and sleep

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-169

  Watson, Nathaniel F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Genetics; Polymorphism; Sleep; Twins

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 8; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CHROMOSOME 11; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPOLARIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FAMILY STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONREM SLEEP; PHENOTYPE; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SLEEP; TWINS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 79958050091     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2011.04.003     Document Type: Review

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