Assessing nighttime vigilance through a three-letter cancellation task (3-LCT): Effects of daytime sleep with temazepam or placebo

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 251-256

  Casagrande, M ^a,b   Ferrara, M ^a,b   Curcio, G ^a,b   Porcu S ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b DASRS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Letter Cancellation Task; MSLT; MWT; Shift of wake sleep cycle; Sleepiness; Temazepam; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NIGHT SLEEP; NIGHT WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033429364     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(99)00144-4     Document Type: Article

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