Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 117-125 , August 2009

Spontaneous K-complexes in chronic psychophysiological insomnia

  • Célyne H. Bastien

      Affiliations

    • École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
    • Laboratoire de Neurosciences Comportementales Humaines, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert Giffard, Québec, Canada
    • Centre d'Étude des Troubles du Sommeil, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert Giffard, Québec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. École de Psychologie, Pavillon Félix-Antoine-Savard, Pièce 1012, 2325 rue des bibliothèques, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6. Tel.: +1 418 656 2131x8344; fax: +1 418 656 3646.
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  • Geneviève St-Jean

      Affiliations

    • École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
    • Laboratoire de Neurosciences Comportementales Humaines, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert Giffard, Québec, Canada
    • Centre d'Étude des Troubles du Sommeil, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert Giffard, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Isabelle Turcotte

      Affiliations

    • École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
    • Laboratoire de Neurosciences Comportementales Humaines, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert Giffard, Québec, Canada
    • Centre d'Étude des Troubles du Sommeil, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert Giffard, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Charles M. Morin

      Affiliations

    • École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
    • Centre d'Étude des Troubles du Sommeil, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert Giffard, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Mélanie Lavallée

      Affiliations

    • Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Julie Carrier

      Affiliations

    • Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Daniel Forget

      Affiliations

    • École de Psychologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
    • Centre d'Étude des Troubles du Sommeil, Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert Giffard, Québec, Canada

Received 24 July 2008 ,Revised 11 November 2008 ,Accepted 28 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.01.014

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 117-125 , August 2009

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