The biological clock and sleep in the elderly

Zeitschrift fur Gerontopsychologie und -psychiatrie

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-51

  Juda, Myriam ^a   Münch, Mirjam ^b   Wirz Justice, Anna ^b   Merrow, Martha ^c   Roenneberg, Till ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronobiology; Chronotypes; Dementia; Gerontology

Indexed keywords

AGING; AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; PACEMAKER; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 33745020752     PISSN: 10116877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1011-6877.19.1.45     Document Type: Review

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