Sleep Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 333-346 , July 2001

Ultradian rhythms of alternating cerebral hemispheric EEG dominance are coupled to rapid eye movement and non-rapid eye movement stage 4 sleep in humans

  • David S Shannahoff-Khalsa

      Affiliations

    • The Research Group for Mind–Body Dynamics, Institute for Nonlinear Science (0402), University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0402, USA
    • Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103-8341, USA
    • The Khalsa Foundation for Medical Science, Del Mar, CA 92014, USA
    • CoDebris, Solana Beach, CA 92075, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel. +1-858-534-0154; fax: +1-858-534-7664
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  • J.Christian Gillin

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Clinical Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Psychiatry Service 116A, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    • ,
  • F.Eugene Yates

      Affiliations

    • Medical Monitoring Unit, Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025-7014, USA
    • ,
  • Arlene Schlosser

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Clinical Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Psychiatry Service 116A, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
    • ,
  • Eugene M Zawadzki

      Affiliations

    • CoDebris, Solana Beach, CA 92075, USA

Received 30 May 2000 ,Revised 28 July 2000 ,Accepted 28 July 2000.

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