Human circadian rhythms in constant dim light (8 lux) with knowledge of clock time

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-76

  Middleton, Benita ^a   Arendt, Josephine ^a   Stone, Barbara M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 Sulphatoxymelatonin; Activity; Chronobiotic; Circadian rhythms; Core body temperature; Light; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

6 SULPHATOXYMELATONIN; MELATONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SLEEP; URINE;

EID: 0030038671     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1996.d01-67.x     Document Type: Article

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