Influence on human sleep patterns of lowering and delaying the minimum core body temperature by slow changes in the thermal environment

Sleep

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 797-802

  Togo, Fumiharu ^a   Aizawa, Seika ^a   Arai, Jun Ichiro ^b   Yoshikawa, Shoko ^b   Ishiwata, Takayuki ^b   Shephard, Roy J ^c   Aoyagi, Yukitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Daikin Environmental Laboratory   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature change; Sleep structure; Slow wave sleep; Thermoneutrality; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; REM SLEEP; RR INTERVAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 34249812386     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/30.6.797     Document Type: Article

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