Melatonin shifts human orcadian rhythms according to a phase-response curve

Chronobiology International

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 380-392

  Lewy, Alfred J ^a   Ahmed, Saeeduddin ^a   Jackson, Jeanne M Latham ^a   Sack, Robert L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian phase shifts; Circadian phase sleep and mood disorders; Dim light melatonin onset (DLMO); Melatonin administration; Phase response curve (PRC)

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SLEEP;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGE; SLEEP; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0026661007     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420529209064550     Document Type: Article

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