Sleep optimizes motor skill in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-609

  Tucker, Matthew ^a   McKinley, Sophia ^a   Stickgold, Robert ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

memory consolidation; motor skill; sleep

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SEQUENCE TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954741749     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03324.x     Document Type: Article

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