Rapid phase advance of the 24-h melatonin profile in response to afternoon dark exposure

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 275, Issue 1 38-1, 1998, Pages

  Van Cauter, Eve ^a   Moreno Reyes, Rodrigo ^b   Akseki, Elif ^b   L'Hermite Balériaux, Mireille ^b   Hirschfeld, Ulrich ^a   Leproult, Rachel ^a   Copinschi, Georges ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Light; Sleep; Zolpidem

Indexed keywords

ZOLPIDEM;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0031877753     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.275.1.e48     Document Type: Article

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