Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 213-227 , June 2002

The significance of saliva during sleep and the relevance of oromotor movements

  • Norman M.R. Thie

      Affiliations

    • University of Montreal, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, CP 6128 succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
    • ,
  • Takafumi Kato

      Affiliations

    • University of Montreal, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, CP 6128 succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
    • Sleep Study Center, Sacred Heart Hospital, 5400 Boulevard Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Québec, H4J1C5, Canada
    • ,
  • Gaby Bader

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Goteborg, 413 45, Goteborg, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jacques Y. Montplaisir

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Study Center, Sacred Heart Hospital, 5400 Boulevard Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Québec, H4J1C5, Canada
    • ,
  • Gilles J. Lavigne

      Affiliations

    • University of Montreal, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, CP 6128 succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
    • Sleep Study Center, Sacred Heart Hospital, 5400 Boulevard Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Québec, H4J1C5, Canada
    • Correspondence should be addressed to: Gilles J. Lavigne, University of Montreal, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire, CP 6128 succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada. Tel: 514-343-2310; Fax: 514-343-2233; E-mail:gilles.lavigne@umontreal.ca

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