The Acute Soporific Action of Daytime Melatonin Administration: Effects on the EEG during Wakefulness and Subjective Alertness

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 636-643

  Cajochen, Christian ^a,b   Kräuchi, Kurt ^a   Wirz Justice, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Constant routine; EEG; Posture; Spectral analysis; Theta alpha activity

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ATTENTION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NON-PROGRAMMATIC; REVIEW; WAKEFULNESS;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MELATONIN; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0031307296     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049701200619     Document Type: Article

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