6-Sulfatoxymelatonin excretion and self-reported sleep in good sleeping controls and 55-80-year-old insomniacs

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Lushington, Kurt ^a   Lack, Leon ^b   Kennaway, David J ^c   Rogers, Naomi ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Cameron ^c   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Human; Melatonin; Sleep; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; INDOMETACIN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; MELATONIN; PIPERAZINE ESTRONE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP PARAMETERS; URINALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 0031817884     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.1998.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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