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The Rodent Psychomotor Vigilance Test (rPVT): A Method for Assessing Neurobehavioral Performance in Rats and Mice
Published on: December 29, 2016
Different Studies, Similar Weak Associations Between Objective Vigilance and Subjective Sleepiness: A Reply to Wang
Charles Bae1, Brendan T Keenan1, Nathan C Nowalk1
1Division of Sleep Medicine/Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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|July 31, 2026
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