Sleep in Normal Aging

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-11

  Li, Junxin ^a,b   Vitiello, Michael V ^c   Gooneratne, Nalaka S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Hormone; Normal aging; Sleep architecture; Sleep homeostasis

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; THYROTROPIN;

AGE; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL ASPECT; AGED; ENVIRONMENT; LIFESTYLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; AGING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 85034952229     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2017.09.001     Document Type: Review

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