This chapter reviews one neu-robehavioral assay that has met these criteria—the
psychomotor vigilance task. To quantify the magnitude of such changes, as well as to track the …

Major depression is one of the leading causes of premature death and disability. Although
available drugs are effective, they also have substantial limitations. Recent advances in our …

The term ‘sleep debt’ is widely used to describe the effects of sleep loss. The construct of
sleep debt, however, is poorly defined in the scientific literature. Cumulative build-up of sleep …

Primary insomnia is a sleep disorder where the subjective complaint of initiating or maintaining
sleep, or the experience of sleep that is non-refreshing, cannot be directly attributed to a …

Objective: To compare the eating and sleep‐wake patterns of persons with the night eating
syndrome (NES) with those of matched control subjects. Research Methods and Procedures: …

Night eating syndrome (NES) is characterized by evening hyperphagia and frequent awakenings
accompanied by food intake. Patients with NES display a delayed circadian pattern of …

BACKGROUND: Circadian disturbances may play a key role in the pathogenesis of some
forms of mood disorders. Despite marked changes in circadian rhythms during the normal …

… Rogers, JW Powell, MM Carlin, JM Mullington & DF Dinges: Effect of chronically reduced
nocturnal sleep, with and without daytime naps, on neurobehavioral performance. Sleep 23 …

… Rogers has received research support from Cephalon. Drs. Balkin and Wesensten have …
for promoting alertness and waking functions than the l-isomer, l-amphetamine.The use of d-…

Dinges DF, Rider RL, Dorrian J, McGlinchey EL, Rogers NL, Cizman Z, Goldenstein SK,
Vogler C, Venkataraman S, Metaxas DN. Optical computer recognition of facial expressions …