Many of the studies Dr. Carskadon performed at Stanford involved examining sleep and daytime sleepiness in people of different ages. Working with children in the classic "sleep camp" studies, Dr. Carskadon showed changes in daytime sleepiness levels associated with pubertal development. Our group is only now finding clues as to how these changes come about. Working with older individuals, Dr. Carskadon and her colleagues showed that very brief (transient) arousals during sleep were related to changes in daytime sleepiness. Other studies involved keeping participants of various ages awake all night and examining the effects on subsequent sleep, sleepiness and performance. These and other studies are referenced below. They were funded in large part by NIMH, NIA, and the Spencer Foundation.

Carskadon, M.A., Harvey, K., Duke, P., Anders, T.F., Litt, I.F., and Dement, W.C. Pubertal changes in daytime sleepiness. Sleep 2: 453-460, 1980.

Carskadon, M.A. and Acebo, C. Regulation of sleepiness in adolescence: Update, insights, and speculation. Sleep 25:606-616, 2002.

Carskadon, M.A., Harvey, K., and Dement, W.C. Acute restriction of nocturnal sleep in children. Percept. Motor Skills 53: 103-112, 1981.
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Carskadon, M.A., Harvey, K., and Dement, W.C. Sleep loss in young adolescents. Sleep 4: 299-312, 1981.

Carskadon, M.A., Brown, E.D., and Dement, W. C. Sleep fragmentation in the elderly: relationship to daytime sleep tendency. Neurobiol. Aging 3: 321-327, 1982.

Carskadon, M.A. and Dement, W. C. Sleep loss in elderly volunteers. Sleep 8: 207-221, 1985.