Sleep stage responses of older and younger subjects after sleep deprivation.
EEG sleep stage measures were obtained on younger subjects (18-22 years) and older subjects (40-50 years) at 9 a.m. after 2 nights of sleep loss. The first 200 min were compared. Both groups displayed sharply reduced latencies and increased stage 4 sleep. The proportionate distribution of stage amounts and numbers was not different. However, the younger group entered slow wave sleep more quickly.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology*