Sex differences in the circadian regulation of sleep and waking cognition in humans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 19, 2016, Pages E2730-E2739

  Santhi, Nayantara ^a   Lazar, Alpar S ^a,b   McCabe, Patrick J ^c   Lo, June C ^a,d   Groeger, John A ^a,e   Dijk, Derk Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological rhythms; Cognition; Gender; Melatonin; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84966320742     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1521637113     Document Type: Article

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