The seasonal interrelationship between melatonin, vasopressin, and serum osmolality in elderly subjects

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 67-72

  Asplund, Ragnar ^a,d   Aberg, Hans ^b   Wetterberg, Lennart ^c  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Melatonin; Osmolality; Seasonal variation; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; MELATONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERUM OSMOLALITY;

EID: 0031871953     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00541.x     Document Type: Article

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