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EEG Delta Activity During Human Sleep as a Damped Ultradian Rhythm
Author(s) -
Lubin Aride,
Nute Cyril,
Naitoh Paul,
Martin William B.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1973.tb01079.x
Subject(s) - ultradian rhythm , rhythm , psychology , delta rhythm , electroencephalography , sleep (system call) , delta , circadian rhythm , beta rhythm , alpha rhythm , audiology , neuroscience , developmental psychology , medicine , physics , computer science , operating system , astronomy
EEG delta activity during human sleep has a rhythmic pattern resembling a damped sinusoid with a period of about 100 min. Although the REM episodes coincide with the troughs of the delta cycle, the two rhythms are semi‐independent.