Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 5, Issue 5 , Pages 365-376 , October 2001

Beta EEG activity and insomnia

  • Michael L. Perlis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cognitive and Social Psychology, University of Rochester
    • Correspondence should be addressed to: Michael L. Perlis, PhD, Sleep Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, 300 Crittenden Blvd., Rochester, NY 14642, USA. E-mail:Michael_Perlis@URMC.Rochester.edu; Web Site:www.urmc.rochester.edu
    • ,
  • Helli Merica

      Affiliations

    • Neurophysiology Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Geneva University Hospital, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Michael T. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester
    • ,
  • Donna E. Giles

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Rochester, USA

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doi: 10.1053/smrv.2001.0151

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 5, Issue 5 , Pages 365-376 , October 2001

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