Increased cortical excitability after selective REM sleep deprivation in healthy humans: A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 288-292

  Placidi, Fabio ^a   Zannino, Silvana ^b   Albanese, Maria ^a   Romigi, Andrea ^a,c   Izzi, Francesca ^a   Marciani, Maria G ^a,b   Palmieri, Maria G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Cortical silent period; Intracortical inhibition (ICI); REM sleep deprivation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SILENT PERIOD PARAMETERS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP, REM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874264660     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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