Indirect bright light improves circadian rest-activity rhythm disturbances in demented patients

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 955-963

  Van Someren, Eus J W ^a   Kessler, Annemarieke ^a   Mirmiran, Majid ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

actigraphy; Alzheimer's disease; bright light; circadian rhythm disturbance; dementia; sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030917786     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)89928-3     Document Type: Article

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