Thermoregulation as a sleep signalling system

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-93

  Gilbert, Saul S ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Cameron J ^a   Ferguson, Sally A ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circadian; Core body temperature; Human; Peripheral heat loss; Pre optic area anterior hypothalamus; Sleep; Suprachiasmatic nuclei; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP REGULATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 1842533432     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1087-0792(03)00023-6     Document Type: Review

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