A dose-response investigation of the benefits of napping in healthy young, middle-aged and older adults

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-15

  Milner, Catherine E ^a   Cote, Kimberly A ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Daytime napping; Event related potentials; Quantitative electroencephalography; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 39749085851     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2007.00328.x     Document Type: Article

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