Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 8 , Pages 747-751 , September 2010

Sleepiness is not always perceived before falling asleep in healthy, sleep-deprived subjects

  • Uli S. Herrmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland
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  • Christian W. Hess

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Adrian G. Guggisberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Corinne Roth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Matthias Gugger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Johannes Mathis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Neurology, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 31 632 30 54; fax: +41 31 632 94 48.

Received 21 December 2009 ,Revised 23 March 2010 ,Accepted 24 March 2010.

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PII: S1389-9457(10)00246-7

doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.03.015

Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 8 , Pages 747-751 , September 2010

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