The role of the spontaneous and evoked K-complex in good-sleeper controls and in individuals with insomnia

Sleep

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1251-1260

  Forget, Daniel ^a,b   Morin, Charles M ^a,b   Bastien, Célyne H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evoked potential; Insomnia; K complex; Sleep protection; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED K COMPLEX; EVOKED RESPONSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SPONTANEOUS K COMPLEX;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 80052612819     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/SLEEP.1250     Document Type: Article

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