How we fall asleep: Regional and temporal differences in electroencephalographic synchronization at sleep onset

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1112-1122

  Marzano, Cristina ^a   Moroni, Fabio ^b   Gorgoni, Maurizio ^a   Nobili, Lino ^c   Ferrara, Michele ^d   De Gennaro, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior changes; BOSC; EEG analysis; Occipital cortex; Oscillatory activity; Sleep onset; Theta oscillations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL DIFFERENCE; REM SLEEP; SIGNAL DETECTION; SLEEP ONSET; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SMELLING; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ANTEROPOSTERIOR CHANGES; BOSC; EEG ANALYSIS; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATORY ACTIVITY; SLEEP ONSET; THETA OSCILLATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP STAGES; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886803134     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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