Disturbed dreaming and sleep quality: Altered sleep architecture in subjects with frequent nightmares

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 687-696

  Simor, Peter ^a   Horvath, Klara ^b   Gombos, Ferenc ^c   Takacs, Krisztina P ^d   Bodizs, Robert ^c,e  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dreaming; EEG; Nightmares; Polysomnography; Sleep; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DREAMING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGHTMARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP QUALITY; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874111349     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-012-0318-7     Document Type: Article

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