Effects on subjective and objective alertness and sleep in response to evening light exposure in older subjects

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-278

  Munch M ^a,b   Scheuermaier, K D ^a,b   Zhang, R ^a   Dunne, S P ^a   Guzik, A M ^a   Silva, E J ^a   Ronda, J M ^a,b   Duffy, J F ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian; Light exposure; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; WAKEFULNESS; WHITE LIGHT;

AGED; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 80051799937     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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