Daytime melatonin administration in elderly good and poor sleepers: Effects on core body temperature and sleep latency

Sleep

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1135-1144

  Lushington, Kurt ^a,d   Pollard, Katherine ^b   Lack, Leon ^c   Kennaway, David J ^b   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Electroencephalography; Human; Melatonin; Sleep; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SALIVA LEVEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0031418994     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/20.12.1135     Document Type: Article

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