Sleep spindle and slow wave frequency reflect motor skill performance in primary school-age children

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue November, 2014, Pages

  Astill, Rebecca G ^a,b   Piantoni, Giovanni ^a,c   Raymann, Roy J E M ^a   Vis, Jose C ^a,d   Coppens, Joris E ^a   Walker, Matthew P ^e   Stickgold, Robert ^f   Van Der Werf, Ysbrand D ^a,g   Van Someren, Eus J W ^a,g  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b Amsterdam Sleep Centre   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Sleepvision   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Frequency; Learning; Memory; Motor skill; Sleep; Slow waves; Spindles

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER TAPPING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MATURATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84933670304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00910     Document Type: Article

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