title: Polysomnography of adults and elderly: sleep architecture, respiration, and leg movement.
abstract: Polysomnographic data recorded from a large sample of normal, healthy, adult volunteer subjects are reported. First and second night summary values are included. Results agree remarkably well with previously published findings and the age-related differences in sleep architecture that we found are described in detail. We also discuss some of the unique methodological problems associated with developing normative sleep values.
authors.affiliation: Sleep Disorders and Research Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirshkowitz
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Rando
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karacan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D014851:Wakefulness / Q000502:physiology