Hypnotic and hypothermic action of daytime-administered melatonin

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-171

  Mishima, Kazuo ^a   Satoh, Kohtoku ^a   Shimizu, Tetsuo ^a   Hishikawa, Yasuo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circadian rhythm; Circadian rhythm sleep disorder; Hypothermia; Melatonin; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MELATONIN; SLEEP;

EID: 0030776421     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050387     Document Type: Article

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