Adapting to phase shifts, II. Effects of melatonin and conflicting light treatment

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 675-682

  Deacon, Stephen ^a   Arendt, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alertness; Bright light; Circadian rhythms; Jet lag; Melatonin; Performance; Phase shifting; Psions; Shift work; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JET LAG; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP PATTERN;

EID: 0029972454     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02148-5     Document Type: Article

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