The effects of pre-sleep learning on sleep continuity, stability, and organization in elderly individuals

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn JUL, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Conte, F ^a   Carobbi, G ^a   Errico, B M ^a   Ficca, G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Arousals; Learning; Memory consolidation; NREM REM cycles; Sleep continuity; Sleep organization; Sleep stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865959185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2012.00109     Document Type: Article

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