Effects of morning bright light in healthy elderly women: Effects on wrist activity

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-236

  Sakakibara, Satoshi ^a   Kohsaka, Masako ^b   Kobayashi, Riko ^c   Honma, Hiroshi ^a   Fukuda, Noriko ^c   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Hanazono Hospital   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actigraph; Activity; Bright light; Elderly; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0033037971     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00485.x     Document Type: Article

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