Homeostatic Sleep Regulation in Older Persons

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Aging

Healthy

Treatments

Behavioral: Amount of sleep and wake

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT00601445

P01-AG009975 - Project 4

AG0090

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that sleep homeostasis, also known as sleep pressure or sleep drive, is different in healthy older and younger individuals.

Full description

This was an inpatient study of healthy individuals to determine whether homeostatic "sleep drive" effects on sleep change with healthy aging. Sleep, performance, and mood were studied on individuals sleeping different lengths of time and during wake periods of different durations.

Enrollment

58 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 85 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria