Free-running of plasma melatonin rhythm prior to full manifestation of a non-24 hour sleep-wake syndrome

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 264-265

  Hashimoto, Satoko ^a   Nakamura, Kouji ^a   Honma, Sato ^a   Honma, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Internal desynchronization partial entrainment

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADULT; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MALE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0031861330     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1998.tb01066.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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