A sighted man with non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome shows damped plasma melatonin rhythm

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 115-119

  Nakamura, Kouji ^a   Hashimoto, Satoko ^a   Honma, Sato ^a   Honma, Ken Ichi ^a   Tagawa, Yoshitsugu ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cortisol; Melatonin; Non 24 hour sleep wake syndrome; Rectal temperature

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DROWSINESS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSOMNIA; MALE; PINEAL BODY; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0030950830     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1997.tb02372.x     Document Type: Article

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