Daily rhythm of serum melatonin in patients with dementia of the degenerate type

Brain Research

Volumn 717, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 154-159

  Uchida, Katsuhisa ^a   Okamoto, Norio ^a   Ohara, Kenshiro ^a   Morita, Yukitomo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; circadian rhythm; delirium; light dark cycle; melatonin; pineal gland; sleep wake cycle; suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0029881535     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00086-8     Document Type: Article

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