Cerebral blood flow changes in man by wake-promoting drug, modafinil: A randomized double blind study

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-88

  Joo, Eun Yeon ^a   Tae, Woo Suk ^a   Jung, Ki Young ^b   Hong, Seung Bong ^a,c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Modafinil; rCBF; SPECT; Statistical parametric mapping; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; MODAFINIL; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSULA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NARCOLEPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESPONSE TIME; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STANFORD SLEEPINESS SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBICULUM; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER; WAKEFULNESS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 39049121778     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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