Attenuated thermoregulatory response to mild thermal challenge in subjects with sleep-onset insomnia

Sleep

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1174-1180

  Van Den Heuvel, Cameron ^a   Ferguson, Sally ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arteriovenous anastomoses; Body temperature regulation; Insomnia; Skin temperature; Sleep; Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INSOMNIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP ONSET INSOMNIA; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 33749248678     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/29.9.1174     Document Type: Article

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