Circadian rest-activity rhythm disturbances in Alzheimer's disease

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 259-270

  Van Someren, Eus J W ^a,b   Hagebeuk, Eveline E O ^b   Lijzenga, Cees ^a,c   Scheltens, Philip ^d   De Rooij, Sophie E J A ^e   Jonker, Cees ^f   Pot, Anne Margriet ^f   Mirmiran, Majid ^a,b   Swaab, Dick F ^a,b  

^a Graduate School for Neurosciences   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Valerius Clinic   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Activity; Alzheimer's disease; Circadian rhythms; Light dark cycle; Sleep; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030586853     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00370-3     Document Type: Article

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