Sleepiness is not the inverse of alertness: Evidence from four sleep disorder patient groups

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-266

  Moller, Henry J ^a,b   Devins, Gerald M ^b,c   Shen, Jianhua ^a,b   Shapiro, Colin M ^a,b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alertness; Consciousness; Insomnia; Narcolepsy; Periodic limb movement disorder; Sleep apnea; Sleepiness; Subjective measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRIVING ABILITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NARCOLEPSY; PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORONTO HOSPITAL ALERTNESS TEST; ZOGIM ALERTNESS SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AROUSAL; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 33747587438     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0436-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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