Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 1016-1024 , October 2009

Effects of caffeine on daytime recovery sleep: A double challenge to the sleep–wake cycle in aging

  • Julie Carrier

      Affiliations

    • Centre d’étude du sommeil et des rythmes biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, 5400, boul. Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Que., Canada H4J 1C5
    • Département de psychologie, Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et en cognition (CERNEC), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que., Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Centre d’étude du sommeil et des rythmes biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, 5400, boul. Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Que., Canada H4J 1C5. Tel.: +1 514 338 2222x3124; fax: +1 514 338 2531.
    • ,
  • Jean Paquet

      Affiliations

    • Centre d’étude du sommeil et des rythmes biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, 5400, boul. Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Que., Canada H4J 1C5
    • ,
  • Marta Fernandez-Bolanos

      Affiliations

    • Centre d’étude du sommeil et des rythmes biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, 5400, boul. Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Que., Canada H4J 1C5
    • Département de psychologie, Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et en cognition (CERNEC), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que., Canada
    • ,
  • Laurence Girouard

      Affiliations

    • Centre d’étude du sommeil et des rythmes biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, 5400, boul. Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Que., Canada H4J 1C5
    • Département de psychologie, Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et en cognition (CERNEC), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que., Canada
    • ,
  • Joanie Roy

      Affiliations

    • Centre d’étude du sommeil et des rythmes biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, 5400, boul. Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Que., Canada H4J 1C5
    • Département de psychologie, Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et en cognition (CERNEC), Université de Montréal, Montréal, Que., Canada
    • ,
  • Brahim Selmaoui

      Affiliations

    • Centre d’étude du sommeil et des rythmes biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, 5400, boul. Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Que., Canada H4J 1C5
    • ,
  • Daniel Filipini

      Affiliations

    • Centre d’étude du sommeil et des rythmes biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, 5400, boul. Gouin Ouest, Montréal, Que., Canada H4J 1C5

Received 13 November 2008 ,Revised 18 December 2008 ,Accepted 5 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.01.001

Sleep Medicine
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 1016-1024 , October 2009

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