We used Hori s EEG stages to quantitatively describe EEG changes during the sleep onset period(SOP)．We have also described the significance of psychophysiological approaches to the wake-sleep transition period, the topographical characteristics of EEG activities in the SOP, and temporal dynamics of the relationship between the waking period before sleep onset and the progress of sleep onset.We...
In the previous study, during the vertex sharp wave period (hypnagogic EEG stage 4), negative components (N300, N550) were dominant at Fz and Cz in contrast to the positive component (P400) being prominent at the other areas, Pz, Oz, T5 and T6. There is no agreement regarding P400 properties during the hypnagogic period. In this study, using topographic mapping, we found that two negative...
Abstract The present study examined the topographic characteristics of hypnagogic electroencephalography (EEG), using topographic mapping of EEG power and coherence corresponding to nine EEG stages (Hori's hypnagogic EEG stages). EEG stages 1 and 2, the EEG stages 3–8, and the EEG stage 9 each correspond with standard sleep stage W, 1 and 2, respectively. The dominant topographic components of...