Mentation during sleep onset theta bursts in a trained participant: A role for NREM stage 1 sleep in memory processing?

International Journal of Dream Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-46

  Stenstrom, Philippe ^a,b   Fox, Kieran ^c   Solomonova, Elizaveta ^a,b   Nielsen, Tore ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dreaming; Hippocampus; Memory; NREM sleep; REM sleep; Sleep onset; Theta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872376536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18667953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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