The 5-min pupillary alertness test is sensitive to modafinil: A placebo controlled study in patients with sleep apnea

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-175

  Nikolaou, Alexandra ^a   Schiza, Sophia E ^a   Giakoumaki, Stella G ^a   Roussos, Panos ^a   Siafakas, Nikolaos ^a   Bitsios, Panos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arousal; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Locus coeruleus; Modafinil; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pupil

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DARK ADAPTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MIOSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUPIL; PUPIL REFLEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PUPIL; REFLEX, PUPILLARY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 38349152140     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-007-0949-y     Document Type: Article

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