Activation of the brainstem precedes and outlasts the K-complex in humans

Neuroscience

Volumn 202, Issue , 2012, Pages 243-251

  Kohsaka, S ^a   Sakai, T ^a   Kohsaka, M ^b   Fukuda, N ^a   Ariga, T ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Ishikane Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem auditory evoked potentials; Dorsal brainstem; K complex; Ventral brainstem

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL BRAIN STEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; VENTRAL BRAIN STEM; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MALE; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SLEEP;

EID: 84856213689     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.11.063     Document Type: Article

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