Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 18-23 , January 2009

Temporal coupling of rapid eye movements and cerebral activities during REM sleep

  • Keiko Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-1192, Japan
    • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Takashi Abe

      Affiliations

    • Japan Somnology Center, Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Nittono

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
    • ,
  • Katuo Yamazaki

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, 2-579-15 Mikajima, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-1192, Japan
    • ,
  • Tadao Hori

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Institute of Fukuyama Transporting Shibuya Longevity Health Foundation, 2-5-22, Myojincho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, 721-0961, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +81 4 2947 6832.

,Accepted 11 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.10.006

Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 18-23 , January 2009

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