REM sleep and dreaming

Rapid Eye Movement Sleep: Regulation and Function

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 8-20

  Pace Schott, Edward F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511921179.004     Document Type: Chapter

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