Differential Pattern of the Circadian Rhythm of Serum Melatonin in Young and Elderly Healthy Subjects

NeuroSignals

Volumn 6, Issue 4-6, 1997, Pages 301-306

  Ohashi, Yutaka ^a   Okamoto, Norio ^c   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^b   Iyo, Masaomi ^a   Mori, Norio ^a   Morita, Yukitomo ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry and Neurology ^*  (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kikugawa General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian rhythm; Melatonin; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENESCENCE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031450295     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109141     Document Type: Article

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