Neuronal models of REM-sleep control: Evolving concepts

Rapid Eye Movement Sleep: Regulation and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 285-300

  McKenna, James T ^a   Chen, Lichao ^a   McCarley, Robert W ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921179.031     Document Type: Chapter

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