Thalamic contribution to Sleep Slow Oscillation features in humans: A single case cross sectional EEG study in Fatal Familial Insomnia

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 946-952

  Gemignani, Angelo ^a,b,c   Laurino, Marco ^a,b   Provini, Federica ^d   Piarulli, Andrea ^b,c   Barletta, Giorgio ^d   d'Ascanio, Paola ^a,b   Bedini, Remo ^b,c   Lodi, Raffaele ^d   Manners, David Neil ^d   Allegrini, Paolo ^b,c   Menicucci, Danilo ^b,c   Cortelli, Pietro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fatal Familial Insomnia; Humans; NREM sleep; Sleep Slow Oscillation; Spindles; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NEUROIMAGING; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INSOMNIA, FATAL FAMILIAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIONS; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; THALAMUS;

EID: 84863865937     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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