Form and Function of Sleep Spindles across the Lifespan
Since the advent of EEG recordings, sleep spindles have been identified as hallmarks of non-REM sleep. Despite a broad general understanding of mechanisms of spindle generation gleaned from animal studies, the mechanisms underlying certain features of spindles in the human brain, such as “global” ve...
Main Authors: | Clawson, Brittany C., Durkin, Jaclyn, Aton, Sara J. |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848449/ |
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