title: 'Limbic spindles': a re-appraisal.
abstract: Respiration-linked spindles are frequently recorded from nasopharyngeal electrodes and these have been reported to represent neuronally generated limbic activity. Evidence is presented from sphenoidal and nasopharyngeal recordings suggesting that these spindles are artifactual, due to unstable electrode contacts that record palatal vibration during partial airway obstruction.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology; D004566:Electrodes; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008032:Limbic System / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000502:physiology; D012119:Respiration; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000502:physiology; D014732:Vibration