Nocturnal plasma melatonin levels after flunitrazepam administration in healthy subjects

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-153

  Hajak, Göran ^a   Rodenbeck, Andrea ^a   Bandelow, Borwin ^a   Friedrichs, Susanne ^a   Huether, Gerald ^a   Rüther, Eckart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Chronobiology; Circadian rhythm; Flunitrazepam; Hypnotics; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

FLUNITRAZEPAM; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP;

EID: 0030070901     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-977X(96)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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