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SOREMS episodes, episodes of NLMT, slow wave activity |
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| Night sleep |
Morning sleep |
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| SOREMS episodes |
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| Number/total number of sleep episodes |
1/63 |
40/63 |
| Duration [min], mean ± SEM, n = 14 |
12.8 ± 2.8 |
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| Latency [min], mean ± SEM, n = 14 |
7.6 ± 1.3 |
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| Frequency of epochs of NLMT (n = 16) |
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| Number/number of epochs of NREMS [%] |
19.7 ± 3.1 |
36.2 ± 5.0* |
| Episodes of NLMT at sleep onset |
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| Number/total number of sleep episodes without SOREMS |
22/62 |
14/23 |
| Duration [min], mean ± SEM |
19.2+6.6 (n = 12) |
19.9 ± 6.3 (n = 7) |
| Latency [min], mean ± SEM |
6.4 ± 1.2 (n = 12) |
1.5 ± 0.5 (n = 7) |
| Slow-wave activity (n = 16) |
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| SWA [μV2] mean ± SEM |
552.6 ± 42.3 |
361.3 ± 33.7** |
| SWE [μV2s] mean ± SEM |
39772.3 ± 4220.0 |
20293.7 ± 1853.0** |
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SOREMS: Sleep Onset REMS episodes (REMS episodes with latency < 20 min). NLMT: NREMS with low muscle tone. For NLMT at sleep onset, only sleep episodes without SOREMS were considered. SWA: mean slow wave activity (EEG power in the 0.75 – 4.5 Hz range) in the first NREMS episode. SWE: slow wave energy (cumulative SWA in NREMS) in the first NREMS episode. * p < 0.01, ** p < 0.001; comparison of night and morning sleep episodes by paired t-tests | ||
Tinguely et al. BMC Neuroscience 2006 7:2 doi:10.1186/1471-2202-7-2 |
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