title: Age-related changes in sleep.
abstract: Within a wide range of individual differences, there are age-associated changes in the characteristics of sleep. There are shifts toward the extremities in sleep amounts, increased difficulties in initiating or maintaining sleep at night, and an emergence of naps. There are also changes in sleep structure. It is within these age-related changes that sleep disorders must be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Webb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*