PMID- 3609843
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19870828
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0393-5264 (Print)
IS  - 0393-5264 (Linking)
VI  - 1
IP  - 1
DP  - 1986 Jan-Mar
TI  - Morphologic and functional features of cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) sequences 
      in normal NREM sleep.
PG  - 29-41
AB  - The Cyclic Alternating Pattern (CAP) is an EEG biphasic periodic activity of 
      normal NREM sleep, generally organized in sequences of two or more cycles and 
      correlated to long-lasting fluctuations in the level of arousal. The remaining 
      NREM sleep is characterized by prolonged stationary activities or non-CAP (NCAP). 
      Criteria for the detection of morphology and reactivity of CAP and NCAP segments 
      are defined in the sleep recordings of 10 healthy young adults. Standard sleep 
      variables and CAP rates, referred to the ratio of CAP time to Total NREM sleep 
      time (CAPR/NREM) and to each NREM sleep stage, were scored for statistical 
      inferences and correlations. CAPR/NREM may be considered an additional 
      non-redundant sleep variable which determines the measure of arousal instability 
      during NREM sleep. The relationship between CAP and the biphasic behavior of 
      microarousals is discussed.
FAU - Terzano, M G
AU  - Terzano MG
FAU - Parrino, L
AU  - Parrino L
FAU - Fioriti, G
AU  - Fioriti G
FAU - Spaggiari, M C
AU  - Spaggiari MC
FAU - Piroli, A
AU  - Piroli A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Italy
TA  - Funct Neurol
JT  - Functional neurology
JID - 8707746
SB  - IM
MH  - Acoustic Stimulation
MH  - Adult
MH  - Arousal/physiology
MH  - *Electroencephalography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Periodicity
MH  - Sleep Stages/*physiology
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 1986/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 1986/01/01 00:01
CRDT- 1986/01/01 00:00
PHST- 1986/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1986/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1986/01/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Funct Neurol. 1986 Jan-Mar;1(1):29-41.