Insomnia sufferers can tolerate laboratory REM sleep dream collection which may improve their sleep perception

International Journal of Dream Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 54-57

  Pérusse, Alexandra D ^a,b   De Koninck, Joseph ^c   Bastien, Célyne H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dream; Insomnia; Polysomnography; Sleep difficulties; Sleep mentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929398249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18667953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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