Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 227-242 , June 2004

Functional imaging of the sleeping brain: review of findings and implications for the study of insomnia

  • Sean P.A Drummond

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego and VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
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  • Michael T Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 101, Baltimore, MD 21287-7218, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-443-287-2384; fax: +1-410-614-3366
    • ,
  • Henry J Orff

      Affiliations

    • San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Vaseem Chengazi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Michael L Perlis

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Research Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
    • Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2003.10.005

Sleep Medicine Reviews
Volume 8, Issue 3 , Pages 227-242 , June 2004

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