Age-associated difference in circadian sleep-wake and rest-activity rhythms

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 597-603

  Huang, Yong Lu ^a   Liu, Rong Yu ^a   Wang, Qing Song ^b   Van Someren, Eus J W ^c   Xu, Hao ^b   Zhou, Jiang Ning ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Amplitude; Circadian rhythm; Rest activity; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REST; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0035997202     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00733-3     Document Type: Article

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