The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism modulates sleep intensity: EEG frequency- and state-specificity

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-344

  Bachmann, Valérie ^a   Klein, Carina ^a   Bodenmann, Sereina ^a   Schäfer, Nikolaus ^a   Berger, Wolfgang ^a   Brugger, Peter ^a,b   Landolt, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Electroencephalogram; Sleep homeostasis; Slow wave sleep; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALLELE; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THETA RHYTHM; VERBAL MEMORY; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858604242     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1690     Document Type: Article

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