Alpha attenuation soon after closing the eyes as an objective indicator of sleepiness

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 956-964

  Putilov, Arcady A ^a   Donskaya, Olga G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alertness; Alpha attenuation test; Electroencephalographic spectrum; Karolinska drowsiness test; Sleep onset

Indexed keywords

INDICATOR;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84912527796     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12311     Document Type: Article

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