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Lead
Johns Hopkins University
With
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Age
60–100
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
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To minimize the contribution of extraneous variables, subjects will be excluded for the following: regular use of medications with substantial known effects on the measurement of alpha amylase and cortisol (e.g. corticosteroids, interferons, beta-blockers, cytotoxic chemotherapy); major surgery in the past 3 months; history of major psychiatric and/or personality disorder; history of heavy cigarette smoking (e.g. \>than 50 pack years); loss of a loved one in the past 3 months. Conditions known to affect measurement of sleep will also be excluded: use of sedatives/ hypnotics, Huntington's' disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, Parkinson's disease, advanced heart failure (New York Heart Stage 3-4), morbid obesity (BMI \> 35), and indications of restless legs syndrome or periodic limb movement disorder. We will exclude subjects screening positive for sleep apnea (actigraph/pulse oximetry oxygen desaturation index \> 15).
