The pathophysiology of insomnia: From models to molecules (and back)

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 546-553

  Pigeon, Wilfred R ^a,b   Cribbet, Matthew R ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

circadian; etiology; hyperarousal; insomnia; neurobiology; pathophysiology; sleep homeostasis

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LATENT PERIOD; NEUROSCIENCE; NONREM SLEEP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 84867063715     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328358be41     Document Type: Review

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