Age effects on spectral electroencephalogram activity prior to dream recall

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 247-256

  Chellappa, Sarah L ^a,b   Münch, Mirjam ^a   Knoblauch, Vera ^a   Cajochen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing; Dream recall; Electroencephalographic spectral analysis; Non rapid eye movement sleep; Rapid eye movement sleep

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELTA RHYTHM; DREAM; DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REM SLEEP; SIGMA RHYTHM; SLEEP STAGE; TOPOGRAPHY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861324211     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2011.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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