The relationship between insomnia and body temperatures

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 307-317

  Lack, Leon C ^a   Gradisar, Michael ^a   Van Someren, Eus J W ^b,c   Wright, Helen R ^a   Lushington, Kurt ^d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Core body temperature; Insomnia; Sleep; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALERTNESS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION;

AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MELATONIN; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 46049108527     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2008.02.003     Document Type: Review

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