Women sleep objectively better than men and the sleep of young women is more resilient to external stressors: Effects of age and menopause

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-228

  Bixler, Edward O ^a   Papaliaga, Maria N ^a   Vgontzas, Alexandros N ^a   Lin, Hung Mo ^a   Pejovic, Slobodanka ^a   Karataraki, Maria ^a   Vela Bueno, Antonio ^b   Chrousos, George P ^c,d  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gender; Menopause; Sleep

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STRESS; THERAPY EFFECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AROUSAL; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SLEEP STAGES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749116967     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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