Are age differences in sleep due to phase differences in the output of the circadian timing system?

Chronobiology International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-91

  Carrier, Julie ^a   Monk, Timothy H ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Buysse, Daniel J ^a   Kupfer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian rhythms; Elderly; Sleep; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0033028858     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529908998714     Document Type: Article

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