Relationship between Napping and Melatonin in the Blind

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-25

  Lockley, Steven W ^a   Skene, Debra J ^a   Tabandeh, Homayoun ^b   Bird, Alan C ^b   Defrance, Remy ^c   Arendt, Josephine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

Author keywords

6 sulphatoxymelatonin; Blindness; Circadian rhythms; Human; Light perception; Melatonin; Napping; Sleep

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; 6-SULFATOXYMELATONIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLINDNESS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP;

EID: 0031066430     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049701200104     Document Type: Article

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