Physiology of normal sleep in adolescents

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 401-417

  Tarokh, Leila ^a,b,c   Raffray, Tifenn ^b   Van Reen, Eliza ^a,b   Carskadon, Mary A ^a,b  

^a EP Bradley Sleep Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CAFFEINE; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LIGHT; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 79952255410     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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