Manipulation of Core Body and Skin Temperature Improves Vigilance and Maintenance of Wakefulness in Narcolepsy
Author(s) -
Rolf Fronczek,
Roy Raymann,
Nico Romeijn,
Sebastiaan Overeem,
Maria Fischer,
J. Gert van Dijk,
Gert Jan Lammers,
Eus J.W. Van Someren
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/31.2.233
Subject(s) - narcolepsy , wakefulness , vigilance (psychology) , core temperature , psychology , skin temperature , medicine , modafinil , audiology , neuroscience , anesthesia , electroencephalography , psychiatry , biomedical engineering
Impaired vigilance and sleepiness are two majordaily complaints of patients with narcolepsy. We previously showed their sleepiness to be correlated to an abnormally regulated skin temperature, i.e., increased distal skin temperature compared with proximal skin temperature.
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