Slow wave sleep

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Author: Dr. Derk-Jan Dijk, University of Surrey, UK

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Dr. Derk-Jan Dijk accepted the invitation on 7 February 2007 (self-imposed deadline: 7 March 2007).

This article will briefly cover: the history of SWS,its phenomenology, methods to quantify SWS, models for SWS regulation and its significance for brain function.

Derk-Jan Dijk, University of Surrey, UK

was invited by the Editor-in-Chief on 6 February 2007.


Invited by: Dr. Eugene M. Izhikevich, Editor-in-Chief of Scholarpedia, the peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia
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