Acute and Delayed Effects of Exercise on Human Melatonin Secretion

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 568-574

  Buxton, Orfeu M ^a,b   L'Hermite Balériaux, Mireille ^c   Hirschfeld, Ulrich ^a   Van Cauter, Eve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Jet lag; Phase shift; Shift work

Indexed keywords

RODENTIA;

MELATONIN;

EXERCISE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TIME;

EXERCISE; HUMANS; MELATONIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031299107     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049701200611     Document Type: Article

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