Low dose melatonin improves sleep in healthy middle-aged subjects

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-181

  Attenburrow, M E J ^a   Cowen, P J ^a   Sharpley, A L ^a  

^a Littlemore Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; VOLUNTEER;

CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0030059138     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246354     Document Type: Article

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