Melatonin rhythm is not shifted by lights that suppress nocturnal melatonin in humans under entrainment

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 5 39-5, 1996, Pages

  Hashimoto, Satoko ^b   Nakamura, Kouji ^b   Honma, Sato ^b   Tokura, Hiromi ^b   Honma, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

circadian rhythm; light; phase shift

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HORMONE INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029995994     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1996.270.5.r1073     Document Type: Article

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