Vitamin B12 enhances the phase-response of circadian melatonin rhythm to a single bright light exposure in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-132

  Hashimoto, Satoko ^a   Kohsaka, Masako ^a   Morita, Nobuyuki ^a   Fukuda, Noriko ^b   Honma, Sato ^a   Honma, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Entrainment; Light; Melatonin; Phase shift; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; PLACEBOS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0030582595     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13247-X     Document Type: Article

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