Melatonin is a natural hormone from the pineal gland that regulates the sleep-wake cycle.
We examined the structure and physico-chemical properties of melatonin using electronic …

Sleep deprivation enhances risk for serious injury and fatality on the roads and in
workplaces. To facilitate future management of these risks through advanced detection, we …

Impaired driving performance due to sleep loss is a major contributor to motor-vehicle
crashes, fatalities, and serious injuries. As on-road, fully-instrumented studies of drowsy …

Introduction Both symptoms and functional impairment should be assessed in college
students seeking evaluations for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). However …

Circadian rhythms, the natural cycles of physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow
a roughly 24-hour cycle, are known to have a profound effect on the human body. Light …

Neurobehavioral task performance is modulated by the circadian and homeostatic
processes of sleep/wake regulation. Biomathematical modeling of the temporal dynamics of …

Background: Sleep deprivation can markedly influence vigilant attention that is essential to
complex cognitive processes. The hypothalamus plays a critical role in arousal and attention …

We aimed to investigate the impact of the Wake Maintenance Zone (WMZ) on measures of
drowsiness, attention, and subjective performance under rested and sleep deprived …

Background Studies have found that sleep disturbance is associated with obsessive–
compulsive symptoms. This study aimed to elaborate on the mediating and moderating …

The present study attempted to explore the effects of sleep deprivation on the visual search
patterns and hazard response times of taxi drivers when they encountered different types of …