Age-related attenuation of the evening circadian arousal signal in humans

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1307-1319

  Münch, Mirjam ^a   Knoblauch, Vera ^a   Blatter, Katharina ^a   Schröder, Carmen ^a   Schnitzler, Corina ^a   Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a   Cajochen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; EEG spectral analysis; Melatonin; Sleep wake cycle; Sleepiness; Wake maintenance zone

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SLEEP STAGES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25144490154     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.03.004     Document Type: Article

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