Daily rhythms of the sleep-wake cycle

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Waterhouse, Jim ^a   Fukuda, Yumi ^b   Morita, Takeshi ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FUKUOKA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chronotype; Circadian rhythm; Endogenous component; Exogenous component; Old age; Sleep homeostat; Time awake

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84865462195     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1880-6805-31-5     Document Type: Review

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