Psychomotor Vigilance Task demonstrates impaired vigilance in disorders with excessive daytime sleepiness

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1019-1024

  Thomann, Janine ^a   Baumann, Christian R ^a   Landolt, Hans Peter ^b   Werth, Esther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Maintenance of wakefulness test; Multiple sleep latency test; Psychomotor vigilance task; Sleep wake disorders; Sleepiness; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CATAPLEXY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INSUFFICIENT SLEEP SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCOLEPSY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR VIGILANCE TASK; REACTION TIME; SLEEP DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; AROUSAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AROUSAL; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84907188882     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.4042     Document Type: Article

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