The human sleep-wake cycle reconsidered from a thermoregulatory point of view

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 236-245

  Kräuchi, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core body temperatures; Distal and proximal skin temperatures; Heat loss; Model; Psychomotor vigilance; Sleepiness; Slow wave activity; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33846612790     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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