Fluctuations between sleep and wakefulness: Wake-like features indicated by increased EEG alpha power during different sleep stages in nightmare disorder

Biological Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 592-600

  Simor, Péter ^a   Horváth, Klára ^b,c   Ujma, Péter P ^b   Gombos, Ferenc ^d   Bódizs, Róbert ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillations; Nightmare; Power spectral analysis; REM parasomnia; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHTMARE; NONREM SLEEP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

ALPHA OSCILLATIONS; NIGHTMARE; POWER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; REM PARASOMNIA; SLEEP;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; DREAMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84888199513     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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