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Sleep and Performance Research Center

Research publications

This overview (last updated on October 11, 2009) includes research conducted in the Sleep and Performance Research Center at Washington State University Spokane, as well as earlier work completed in the Division of Neuropsychiatry and the Division of Neuroscience at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Dr. Belenky); the Division of Sleep and Chronobiology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and the Department of Physiology and Physiological Physics at Leiden University (Dr. Van Dongen); and the laboratories of several of our collaborators. When requesting or downloading our publications, please adhere to applicable copyright laws.

 

Sleep deprivation and cognitive performance

Balkin TJ, Bliese PD, Belenky G, Sing H, Thorne DR, Thomas M, Redmond DP, Russo M, Wesensten NJ (2004). Comparative utility of instruments for monitoring sleepiness-related performance decrements in the operational environment. Journal of Sleep Research 13: 219-227. (Download PDF)

Belenky G, Wesensten NJ, Thorne DR, Thomas ML, Sing HC, Redmond DP, Russo MB, Balkin TJ (2003). Patterns of performance degradation and restoration during sleep restriction and subsequent recovery: a sleep dose-response study. Journal of Sleep Research 12: 1-12. (Download PDF)

Doran SM, Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2001). Sustained attention performance during sleep deprivation: Evidence of state instability. Archives of Italian Biology 139: 253-267. (Request PDF)

McCann UD, Penetar DM, Shaham Y, Thorne DR, Gillin JC, Sing HC, Thomas M, Belenky G (1992). Sleep deprivation and impaired cognition: The role of catecholamines. Biological Psychiatry 31: 1082-1097. (Request PDF)

McCann UD, Penetar DM, Shaham Y, Thorne DR, Sing HC, Thomas ML, Gillin JC, Belenky G (1993). Effects of catecholamine depletion on alertness and mood in rested and sleep deprived normal volunteers. Neuropsychopharmacolgy 8: 345-356. (Request PDF)

Mollicone DJ, Van Dongen HPA, Rogers NL, Dinges DF (2008). Response surface mapping of neurobehavioral performance: Testing the feasibility of split sleep schedules for space operations. Acta Astronautica 63: 833-840. (Request PDF)

Oonk M, Tucker AM, Belenky G, Van Dongen HPA (2008). Excessive sleepiness: determinants, outcomes, and context. International Journal of Sleep and Wakefulness 1: 141-147. (Request PDF)

Rowland LM, Thomas ML, Thorne DR, Sing HC, Krichmar JL, Davis HQ, Balwinski SM, Peters RD, Kloeppel-Wagner E, Redmond DP, Alicandri E, Belenky G (2005). Oculomotor responses during partial and total sleep deprivation. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 76: C104-C113. (Request PDF)

Thomas ML, Sing HC, Belenky G, Holcomb HH, Mayberg HS, Dannals RF, Wagner Jr HN, Thorne DR, Popp KA, Rowland LM, Welsh AB, Balwinski SM, Redmond DP (2000). Neural basis of alertness and cognitive performance impairments during sleepiness. I. Effects of 24 h of sleep deprivation on waking human regional brain activity. Journal of Sleep Research 9: 335-352. (Download PDF)

Thomas ML, Sing HC, Belenky G, Holcomb HH, Mayberg HS, Dannals RF, Wagner HN, Thorne DR, Popp KA, Rowland LM, Welsh AB, Balwinksi SM, Redmond DP (2003). Neural basis of alertness and cognitive performance impairments during sleepiness. II. Effects of 48 and 72 h of sleep deprivation on waking human regional brain activity. Thalamus & Related Systems 2: 199-229. (Request PDF)

Thorne DR, Johnson DE, Redmond DP, Sing HC, Belenky G, Shapiro JM (2005). The Walter Reed palm-held psychomotor vigilance test. Behavior Research Methods 37: 111-118. (Download PDF)

Tucker AM, Whitney P, Belenky G, Hinson JM, Van Dongen HPA (2010). Effects of sleep deprivation on dissociated components of executive functioning. Sleep 33: 47-57. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Belenky G (2008). Alertness level. In Binder MD, Hirokawa N, Windhorst U (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin: 75-77. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2003). Sleep debt and cumulative excess wakefulness. Sleep 26: 249. (Download PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2005). Sleep, circadian rhythms, and psychomotor vigilance performance. Clinics in Sports Medicine 24: 237-249. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Maislin G, Mullington JM, Dinges DF (2003). The cumulative cost of additional wakefulness: Dose-response effects on neurobehavioral functions and sleep physiology from chronic sleep restriction and total sleep deprivation. Sleep 26: 117-126. (Download PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Rogers NL, Dinges DF (2003). Sleep debt: Theoretical and empirical issues. Sleep and Biological Rhythm 1: 5-13. (Request PDF)

 

Fatigue and performance modeling

Avinash D, Crudele CP, Amin DD, Robinson BM, Dinges DF, Van Dongen HPA (2005). Parameter estimation for a biomathematical model of psychomotor vigilance performance under laboratory conditions of chronic sleep restriction. Sleep-Wake Research in The Netherlands 16: 39-42. (Download PDF)

Balkin TJ, Kamimori GH, Redmond DP, Vigneulle RM, Thorne DR, Belenky G, Wesensten NJ (2004). On the importance of countermeasures in sleep and performance models. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 75: A155-A157. (Request PDF)

Belenky G, Balkin TJ, Redmond DP, Sing HC, Thomas ML, Thorne DR, Wesensten NJ (1998). Sustaining performance during continuous operations: The U.S. Army's sleep management system. In Hartley L (Ed.), Managing Fatigue in Transportation. Pergamon, Oxford: 77-85. (Request PDF)

Gross JB, Gunzelmann G, Gluck KA, Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2006). Computational modeling of the combined effects of circadian rhythm and sleep deprivation. In Sun R, Miyake N (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah: 297-302. (Request PDF)

Gunzelmann G, Gluck KA, Kershner J, Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2007). Understanding decrements in knowledge access resulting from increased fatigue. In McNamara DS, Trafton JG (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah: 329-334. (Request PDF)

Gunzelmann G, Gluck KA, Price S, Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2007). Decreased arousal as a result of sleep deprivation: The unraveling of cognitive control. In Gray WD (Ed.), Integrated Models of Cognitive Systems. Oxford University Press, New York: 243-253. (Request PDF)

Gunzelmann GK, Gluck KA, Van Dongen HPA, O'Connor RM, Dinges DF (2005). A neurobehaviorally inspired ACT-R model of sleep deprivation: Decreased performance in psychomotor vigilance. In Bara BG, Barsalou L, Bucciarelli M (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah: 857-862. (Request PDF)

Gunzelmann G, Moore Jr LR, Gluck KA, Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2009). Examining sources of individual variation in sustained attention. In Taatgen N, Van Rijn H (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirty-First Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Austin: 608-613. (Request PDF)

Gunzelmann G, Moore Jr LR, Gluck KA, Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2008). Individual differences in sustained vigilant attention: Insights from computational cognitive modeling. In Love BC, McRae K, Sloutsky VM (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society, Austin: 2017-2022. (Request PDF)

Hursh SR, Redmond DP, Johnson ML, Thorne DR, Belenky G, Balkin TJ, Miller JC, Eddy DR (2004). Fatigue models for applied research in warfighting. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 75: A44-A53. (Request PDF)

Johnson ML, Belenky G, Redmond DP, Thorne DR, Williams JD, Hursh SR, Balkin TJ (2004). Modulating the homeostatic process to predict performance during chronic sleep restriction. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 75: A141-A146. (Request PDF)

Kronauer RE, Gunzelmann G, Van Dongen HPA, Doyle III FJ, Klerman EB (2007). Uncovering physiologic mechanisms of circadian rhythms and sleep/wake regulation through mathematical modeling. Journal of Biological Rhythms 22: 233-245. (Request PDF)

McCauley P, Kalachev LV, Smith AD, Belenky G, Dinges DF, Van Dongen HPA (2009). A new mathematical model for the homeostatic effects of sleep loss on neurobehavioral performance. Journal of Theoretical Biology 256: 227-239. (Request PDF)

McCauley P, McCauley ME, Van Dongen HPA (2009). Mathematical model of sleep loss. Sleep Research Society Bulletin 15: 17-18. (Download PDF)

Olofsen E, Dinges DF, Van Dongen HPA (2004). Nonlinear mixed-effects modeling: Individualization and prediction. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 75: A134-A140. (Request PDF)

Ratcliff R, Van Dongen HPA (2009). Sleep deprivation affects multiple distinct cognitive processes. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 16: 742-751. (Request PDF)

Smith AD, Genz A, Freiberger DM, Belenky G, Van Dongen HPA (2009). Efficient computation of confidence intervals for Bayesian model predictions based on multidimensional parameter space. Methods in Enzymology 454: 213-231. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA (2004). Comparison of mathematical model predictions to experimental data of fatigue and performance. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 75: A15-A36. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA (2004). Comparison of model predictions to experimental data: Rectifying false impressions. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 75: A122-A124. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Balkin TJ (2004). Commentary on modeling performance and alertness: the QinetiQ approach. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 75: A104-A105. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2001). Modeling the effects of sleep debt: On the relevance of inter-individual differences. Sleep Research Society Bulletin 7: 69-72. (Download PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2003). Investigating the interaction between the homeostatic and circadian processes of sleep-wake regulation for the prediction of waking neurobehavioural performance. Journal of Sleep Research 12: 181-187. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Mott CG, Huang JK, Mollicone DJ, McKenzie FD, Dinges DF (2007). Confidence intervals for individualized performance models. Sleep 30: 1083. (Download PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Mott CG, Huang J-K, Mollicone DJ, McKenzie FD, Dinges DF (2007). Optimization of biomathematical model predictions for cognitive performance impairment in individuals: Accounting for unknown traits and uncertain states in homeostatic and circadian processes. Sleep 30: 1129-1143. (Download PDF)

 

Individual differences in sleep loss effects

Lammers-van der Holst HM, Van Dongen HPA, Kerkhof GA (2006). Are individuals' nighttime sleep characteristics prior to shift-work exposure predictive for parameters of daytime sleep after commencing shift work? Chronobiology International 23: 1217-1227. (Request PDF)

King AC, Belenky G, Van Dongen HPA (2009). Performance impairment consequent to sleep loss: determinants of resistance and susceptibility. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 15: 559-564. (Request PDF)

Stakofsky AB, Baynard MD, Dinges DF, Van Dongen HPA (2004). Candidate predictors of vulnerability to sleep deprivation. Sleep-Wake Research in The Netherlands15: 80-83. (Download PDF)

Van Dongen HPA (2005). Analysis of inter- and intra-individual variability. Journal of Sleep Research 14: 201-203. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA (2005). Brain activation patterns and individual differences in working memory impairment during sleep deprivation. Sleep 28: 386-388. (Download PDF)

Van Dongen HPA (2006). Shift work and inter-individual differences in sleep and sleepiness. Chronobiology International 23: 1139-1147. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Baynard MD, Maislin G, Dinges DF (2004). Systematic interindividual differences in neurobehavioral impairment from sleep loss: Evidence of trait-like differential vulnerability. Sleep 27: 423-433. (Download PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Caldwell Jr JA, Caldwell JL (2006). Investigating systematic individual differences in sleep-deprived performance on a high-fidelity flight simulator. Behavior Research Methods 38: 333-343. (Download PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Maislin G, Dinges DF (2004). Dealing with inter-individual differences in the temporal dynamics of fatigue and performance: Importance and techniques. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 75: A147-A154. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Olofsen E, Dinges DF, Maislin G (2004). Mixed-model regression analysis and dealing with interindividual differences. Methods in Enzymology 384: 139-171. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Vitellaro KM, Dinges DF (2005). Individual differences in adult human sleep and wakefulness: Leitmotif for a research agenda. Sleep 28: 479-496. (Download PDF)

 

Sleep physiology

Blaauw MSJ, Tung L-T, Baynard MD, Dinges DF, Van Dongen HPA (2002). Trait-like inter-individual differences in sleep cycle duration. Sleep-Wake Research in The Netherlands 13: 16-19. (Download PDF)

Braun AR, Balkin TJ, Wesensten NJ, Carson RE, Varga M, Baldwin P, Selbie S, Belenky G, Herscovitch P (1997). Regional cerebral blood flow throughout the sleep-wake cycle. An H215O PET study. Brain 120: 1173-1197. (Request PDF)

Braun AR, Balkin TJ, Wesensten NJ, Gwardry F, Carson RE, Varga M, Baldwin P, Belenky G, Herscovitch P (1998). Dissociated pattern of activity in visual cortices and their projections during human rapid eye movement sleep. Science 279: 91-95. (Request PDF)

Krueger JM, Rector DM, Roy S, Van Dongen HPA, Belenky G, Panksepp J (2008). Sleep as a fundamental property of neuronal assemblies. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 9: 910-919. (Request PDF)

Mollicone DJ, Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2007). Optimizing sleep/wake schedules in space: Sleep during chronic nocturnal sleep restriction with and without diurnal naps. Acta Astronautica 60: 354-361. (Request PDF)

Pleban RJ, Valentine PJ, Penetar DM, Redmond DP, Belenky G (1990). Characterization of sleep and body composition changes during ranger training. Military Psychology 2: 145-156. (Request PDF)

Rector DM, Schei JL, Van Dongen HPA, Belenky G, Krueger JM (2009). Physiological markers of local sleep. European Journal of Neuroscience 29: 1771-1778. (Request PDF)

Smith AD, Tucker AM, Van Dongen HPA (2006). Systematic inter-individual variability in sleep variables: Comparing findings from the general population to twin study results. Sleep-Wake Research in The Netherlands 17: 107-111. (Download PDF)

Tucker AM, Dinges DF, Van Dongen HPA (2007). Trait interindividual differences in the sleep physiology of healthy young adults. Journal of Sleep Research 16: 170-180. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA (2005). Polysomnography entails no more than minimal risk. Sleep 28: 276. (Download PDF)

Wesensten NJ, Balkin TJ, Belenky G (1999). Does sleep fragmentation impact recuperation? A review and reanalysis. Journal of Sleep Research 8: 237-245. (Download PDF)

 

Circadian rhythms

Goel N, Stunkard AJ, Rogers NL, Van Dongen HPA, Allison KC, O'Reardon JP, Ahima RS, Cummings DE, Heo M, Dinges DF (2009). Circadian rhythm profiles in women with night eating syndrome. Journal of Biological Rhythms 24: 85-94. (Request PDF)

Kerkhof GA, Van Dongen HPA (1996). Morning-type and evening-type individuals differ in the phase position of their endogenous circadian oscillator. Neuroscience Letters 218: 153-156. (Request PDF)

Kerkhof GA, Van Dongen HPA, Bobbert AC (1998). Absence of endogenous circadian rhythmicity in blood pressure? American Journal of Hypertension 11: 373-377. (Request PDF)

Mullington JM, Chan JL, Van Dongen HPA, Szuba MP, Samaras J, Price NJ, Meier-Ewert HK, Dinges DF, Mantzoros CS (2003). Sleep loss reduces diurnal rhythm amplitude of leptin in healthy men. Journal of Neuroendocrinology 15: 851-854. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2005). Circadian rhythms in sleepiness, alertness, and performance. In Kryger MH, Roth T, Dement WC (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine (4th ed.). Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 435-443. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Kerkhof GA, Dinges DF (2004). Human circadian rhythms. In Sehgal A (Ed.), Molecular Biology of Circadian Rhythms. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken: 255-269. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Kerkhof GA, Klöppel HB (1997). Seasonal covariation of the circadian phases of rectal temperature and slow wave sleep onset. Journal of Sleep Research 6: 19-25. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Kerkhof GA, Souverijn JHM (1998). Absence of seasonal variation in the phase of the endogenous circadian rhythm in humans. Chronobiology International 15: 623-632. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Maislin G, Kerkhof GA (2001). Repeated assessment of the endogenous 24-hour profile of blood pressure under constant routine. Chronobiology International 18: 82-98. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Miller JD, Levin GV, Straat PA (2005). A circadian biosignature in the Labeled Release data from Mars? Proceedings of SPIE 5906(59060C): 1-10. (Download PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Olofsen E, VanHartevelt JH, Kruyt EW (1999). A procedure of multiple period searching in unequally spaced time-series with the Lomb-Scargle method. Biological Rhythm Research 30: 149-177. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Olofsen E, VanHartevelt JH, Kruyt EW (1999). Searching for biological rhythms: Peak detection in the periodogram of unequally spaced data. Journal of Biological Rhythms 14: 617-620. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Ruf T, Olofsen E, VanHartevelt JH, Kruyt EW (2001). Analysis of problematic time series with the Lomb-Scargle method. Biological Rhythm Research 32: 347-354. (Request PDF)

Waterhouse J, Folkard S, Van Dongen H, Minors D, Owens D, Kerkhof G, Weinert D, Nevill A, Macdonald I, Sytnik N, Tucker P (2001). Temperature profiles, and the effect of sleep upon them, in relation to morningness-eveningness in healthy female subjects. Chronobiology International 18: 227-247. (Request PDF)

Yang S, Van Dongen HPA, Wang K, Berrettini W, Bućan M (2009). Assessment of circadian function in fibroblasts of patients with bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 14: 143-155. (Request PDF)

 

Stimulants and hypnotics

Balkin TJ, O'Donnell VM, Kamimori GH, Redmond DP, Belenky G (1989). Administration of triazolam prior to recovery sleep: Effects on sleep architecture, subsequent alertness and performance. Psychopharmacology 99: 526-531. (Request PDF)

Balkin TJ, O'Donnell VM, Kamimori GH, Redmond DP, Belenky G (1989). Sleep inertia following triazolam-induced recovery sleep. Human Psychopharmacology 4: 291-296. (Request PDF)

Balkin TJ, O'Donnell VM, Wesensten N, McCann U, Belenky G (1992). Comparison of the daytime sleep and performance effects of zolpidem versus triazolam. Psychopharmacology 107: 83-88. (Request PDF)

Kamimori GH, Johnson D, Thorne D, Belenky G (2005). Multiple caffeine doses maintain vigilance during early morning operations. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 76: 1046-1050. (Request PDF)

Kamimori GH, Karyekar CS, Otterstetter R, Cox DS, Balkin TJ, Belenky G, Eddington ND (2002). The rate of absorption and bioavailability of caffeine administered in chewing gum versus capsules to normal healthy volunteers. International Journal of Pharmacology 234: 159-167. (Request PDF)

Kamimori GH, Penetar DM, Headley D, Thorne DR, Otterstetter R, Belenky G (2000). Effect of three caffeine doses on plasma catecholamines and alertness during prolonged wakefulness. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 56: 537-544. (Request PDF)

LaJambe CM, Kamimori GH, Belenky G, Balkin T (2005). Caffeine effects on recovery sleep following 27 h total sleep deprivation. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 76: 108-113. (Request PDF)

McCann U, Hall T, Thorne D, Thomas M, Sing H, Popp K, Belenky G (1995). The effects of l-dihydroxyphenylalanine on alertness and mood in alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine treated normal volunteers: Further evidence of the role of cathecholamines in arousal and anxiety. Neuropsychopharmacology 13: 41-52. (Request PDF)

McLellan TM, Kamimori GH, Bell DG, Smith IF, Johnson D, Belenky G (2005). Caffeine maintains vigilance and marksmanship in simulated urban operations with sleep deprivation. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 76: 39-45. (Request PDF)

Newhouse PA, Belenky G, Thomas M, Thorne D, Sing HC, Fertig J (1989). The effects of d-amphetamine on arousal, cognition, and mood after prolonged total sleep deprivation. Neuropsychopharmacology 2: 153-164. (Request PDF)

Newhouse PA, Penetar DM, Fertig J, Thorne DR, Sing HC, Thomas M, Cochran J, Belenky G (1992). Stimulant drug effects on performance and behavior after prolonged sleep deprivation: A comparison of amphetamine, nicotine, and deprenyl. Military Psychology 4: 207-233. (Request PDF)

O'Donnell VM, Balkin TJ, Andrade JR, Simon LM, Kamimori GH, Redmond DP, Belenky G (1988). Effects of triazolam on performance and sleep in a model of transient insomnia. Human Performance 1: 145-160. (Request PDF)

Penetar D, McCann U, Thorne D, Kamimori G, Galinski C, Sing H, Thomas M, Belenky G (1993). Caffeine reversal of sleep deprivation effects on alertness and mood. Psychopharmacology 112: 359-365. (Request PDF)

Penetar DM, Belenky G, Garrigan JJ, Redmond DP (1989). Triazolam impairs learning and fails to improve sleep in a long-range aerial deployment. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 60: 594-598. (Request PDF)

Penetar DM, Sing HC, Thorne DR, Thomas ML, Fertig JB, Schelling ASD, Sealock JC, Newhouse PA, Belenky G (1991). Amphetamine effects on recovery sleep following total sleep deprivation. Human Psychopharmacology 6: 319-323. (Request PDF)

Van Dongen HPA, Price NJ, Mullington JM, Szuba MP, Kapoor SC, Dinges DF (2001). Caffeine eliminates psychomotor vigilance deficits from sleep inertia. Sleep 24: 813-819. (Download PDF)

Wesensten NJ, Balkin TJ, Belenky G (1995). Effects of daytime administration of zolpidem versus triazolam on memory. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 48: 115-122. (Request PDF)

Wesensten NJ, Balkin TJ, Davis HQ, Belenky G (1995). Reversal of triazolam and zolpidem-induced memory impairment by flumazenil. Psychopharmacology 121: 242-249. (Request PDF)

Wesensten NJ, Balkin TJ, Reichardt RM, Kautz MA, Saviolakis GA, Belenky G (2005). Daytime sleep and performance following a zolpidem and melatonin cocktail. Sleep 28: 93-103. (Download PDF)

Wesensten NJ, Belenky G, Kautz MA, Thorne DR, Reichardt RM, Balkin TJ (2002). Maintaining alertness and performance during sleep deprivation: modafinil versus caffeine. Psychopharmacology 159: 238-247. (Request PDF)

Wesensten NJ, Belenky G, Thorne DR, Kautz MA, Balkin TJ (2004). Modafinil versus caffeine: Effects on fatigue during sleep deprivation. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 75: 520-525. (Request PDF)

 

Combat stress research

Belenky GL (1979). Unusual visual experiences reported by subjects in the British Army study of sustained operations, Exercise Early Call. Military Medicine 144: 695-696. (Request PDF)

Belenky GL (1987). Psychiatric casualties: The Israeli experience. Psychiatric Annals 17: 528-531. (Download PDF)

Belenky GL (1987). Varieties of reaction and adaptation to combat experience. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic 51: 64-79. (Request PDF)

Belenky GL, Gelinas-Sorell D, Kenner JR, Holaday JW (1983). Evidence for delta-receptor involvement in the post-ictal antinociceptive responses to electroconvulsive shock in rats. Life Sciences 33(Suppl. 1): 583-585. (Request PDF)

Belenky GL, Holaday JW (1979). The opiate antagonist naloxone modifies the effects of electroconvulsive shock (ECS) on respiration, blood pressure and heart rate. Brain Research 177: 414-417. (Request PDF)

Belenky GL, Holaday JW (1981). Repeated electroconvulsive shock (ECS) and morphine tolerance: demonstration of cross sensitivity in the rats. Life Sciences 29: 553-563. (Request PDF)

Belenky GL, Kaufman LW (1983). Cohesion and rigorous training: Observations of the Air Assault School. Military Review 63: 24-34. (Download PDF)

Cole M, Belenky GL, Boucher R, Fernandez R, Myers D (1965). Probability learning to escape from shock. Psychonomic Science 3: 127-129. (Request PDF)

Deeken MG, Newhouse PA, Belenky GL, Eshelman SD, Parker MT, Jones FD (1985). Division psychiatrists in peacetime. Military Medicine 150: 455-457. (Request PDF)

Hitzemann RJ, Hitzemann B, Blatt S, Tortella FC, Kenner JR, Belenky GL, Holaday JW (1987). Repeated electroconvulsive shock: Effect on sodium dependency and regional distribution of opioid-binding sites. Molecular Pharmacology 31: 562-566. (Request PDF)

Holaday JW, Belenky GL (1980). Opiate-like effects of electroconvulsive shock in rats: a differential effect of naloxone on nociceptive measures. Life Sciences 27: 1929-1938. (Request PDF)

Holaday JW, Hitzemann RJ, Curell J, Tortella FC, Belenky GL (1982). Repeated electroconvulsive shock or chronic morphine treatment increases the number of 3H-D-Ala2, D-Leu5-enkephalin binding sites in rat brain membranes. Life Sciences 31: 2359-2362. (Request PDF)

Holaday JW, Tortella FC, Long JB, Belenky GL, Hitzemann RJ (1986). Endogenous opioids and their receptors: Evidence for involvement in the post-ictal effects of electroconvulsive shock. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 462: 124-139. (Request PDF)

Holaday JW, Tortella FC, Meyerhoff JL, Belenky GL, Hitzemann RJ (1986). Electroconvulsive shock activates endogenous opioid systems: Behavioral and biochemical correlates. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 467: 249-255. (Request PDF)

Tortella FC, Cowan A, Belenky GL, Holaday JW (1981). Opiate-like electroencephalographic and behavioral effects of electroconvulsive shock in rats. European Journal of Pharmacology 76: 121-128. (Request PDF)

Ursano RJ, Holloway HC, Jones DR, Rodriguez AR, Belenky GL (1989). Psychiatric care in the military community: family and military stressors. Hospital and Community Psychiatry 40: 1284-1289. (Request PDF)

 

Miscellaneous

Balkin TJ, Braun AR, Wesensten NJ, Jeffries K, Varga M, Baldwin P, Belenky G, Herscovitch P (2002). The process of awakening: A PET study of regional brain activity patterns mediating the reestablishment of alertness and consciousness. Brain 125: 2308-2319. (Request PDF)

Belenky GL, Cole M (1968). The role of test trials in paired-associate verbal learning. Psychonomic Science 10: 201-203. (Request PDF)

Kamimori GH, Smallridge RC, Redmond DP, Belenky GL, Fein HG (1990). The effect of exercise on atropine pharmacokinetics. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 39: 395-397. (Request PDF)

McCann UD, Penetar DM, Belenky G (1990). Acute dystonic reaction in normal humans caused by catecholamine depletion. Clinical Neuropharmacology 13: 565-568. (Request PDF)

Shearer WT, Reuben JM, Mullington JM, Price NJ, Lee B-N, Smith EO, Szuba MP, Van Dongen HPA, Dinges DF (2001). Soluble TNF-\x{03b1} receptor 1 and IL-6 plasma levels in humans subjected to the sleep deprivation model of spaceflight. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 107: 165-170. (Request PDF)

Varkevisser M, Van Dongen HPA, Kerkhof GA (2005). Physiologic indexes in chronic insomnia during a constant routine: Evidence for general hyperarousal? Sleep 28: 1588-1596. (Download PDF)

Varkevisser M, Van Dongen HPA, Kerkhof GA (2006). Hyperarousal as a basis for chronic insomnia: statistical misconceptions and individual differences. Sleep 29: 719. (Download PDF)

Varkevisser M, Van Dongen HPA, Van Amsterdam JGC, Kerkhof GA (2007). Chronic insomnia and daytime functioning: An ambulatory assessment. Behavioral Sleep Medicine 5: 279-296. (Request PDF)

Wesensten NJ, Belenky G, Balkin TJ (2005). Cognitive readiness in network centric operations. Parameters: U.S. Army War College Quarterly 35: 94-105. (Download PDF)

Wesensten NJ, Crowley J, Balkin T, Kamimori G, Iwanyk E, Pearson N, Devine J, Belenky G, Cymerman A (1993). Effects of simulated high altitude exposure on long-latency event-related brain potentials and performance. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 64: 30-36. (Request PDF)

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