Psychosocial stress before a nap increases sleep latency and decreases early slow-wave activity

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue JAN, 2019, Pages

  Ackermann, Sandra ^a   Cordi, Maren ^a,b   La Marca, Roberto ^b   Seifritz, Erich ^b,c   Rasch, Björn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cortisol; Emotion; Sleep; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060542529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00020     Document Type: Article

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