Going local: Insights from EEG and stereo-EEG studies of the human sleep-wake cycle

Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2423-2437

  Ferrara, Michele ^a   de Gennaro, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetics; Plasticity; Quantitative EEG; Sleep function; Sleep homeostasis; Sleep need; Slow waves; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NIGHT; NONREM SLEEP; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 80053482614     PISSN: 15680266     EISSN: 18734294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156802611797470268     Document Type: Review

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