Chronobiotics - Drugs that shift rhythms

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-36

  Dawson, Drew ^a   Armstrong, Stuart Maxwell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

circadian rhythms; drug effects; phase shifting

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; INDOLEAMINE; MELATONIN; PEPTIDE;

CHRONOBIOLOGY; CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0030069491     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0163-7258(95)02020-9     Document Type: Review

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