Increased spontaneous eye blink rate following prolonged wakefulness

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 151-154

  Barbato, Giuseppe ^a   De Padova, Vittoria ^a   Paolillo, Antonella Raffaella ^a   Arpaia, Laura ^a   Russo, Eleonora ^a   Ficca, Gianluca ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Eye blinking; Sleep deprivation; Sleep drive; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 33845476066     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.09.023     Document Type: Article

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