Modafinil's effects on simulator performance and mood in pilots during 37 h without sleep

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 777-784

  Caldwell, John A ^a   Caldwell, J Lynn ^a   Smith, Jennifer K ^a   Brown, David L ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

Countermeasures; Fatigue; Fighter pilots; Provigil ; Sustained operations

Indexed keywords

MODAFINIL; PLACEBO;

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALERTNESS; ANGER; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FLIGHT; FLYING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; SELF CONCEPT; SIDE EFFECT; SIMULATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TABLET FORMULATION; VERTIGO; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AVIATION; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 4344665010     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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