The effects of a short daytime nap after restricted night sleep

Sleep

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 570-575

  Gillberg, Mats ^a   Kecklund, Göran ^a   Axelsson, John ^a   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Daytime nap; EEG EOG; Performance; Restricted sleep; Subjective sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; SUNLIGHT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029793960     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/19.7.570     Document Type: Article

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