Vigilance transitions in reaction time test: A method of describing the state of alertness more objectively

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1499-1509

  Conradt, Regina ^a   Brandenburg, U ^a   Penzel, T ^a   Hasan, J ^b   Varri A ^c   Peter, J H ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adaptive segmentation; Alertness; Automatic analysis; Daytime performance; Drowsiness; OSAS; Sleep; Vigilance test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DROWSINESS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AROUSAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0032870978     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(99)00115-7     Document Type: Article

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