Age differences in the variability and distribution of sleep spindle and rapid eye movement densities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Peters, Kevin R ^a   Ray, Laura B ^a   Fogel, Stuart ^b   Smith, Valerie ^a   Smith, Carlyle T ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; REM SLEEP; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP STAGE; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897129657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091047     Document Type: Article

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